HOUSTON – Jerome Brooks worked as a staffer for Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. He died at the age of 36 years old, just outside of Austin.
The news of his passing came after a profanity-laced leaked recording came out involving the former staffer and the congresswoman.
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Austin police investigated and said the case was not a homicide.
Now, Hill County Forensics has completed Brooks’s autopsy report, indicating he died from a drug overdose and ruled his death as accidental.
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Chief Forensic Pathologist Satish Chundru states on October 29, 2023, Brooks went to a hotel room of a man he met online.
“There, he was observed to drink ethanol and take pills described as ‘ecstasy.’”
Paramedics were called after Brooks grabbed his chest and slumped over. He was given CPR and Naloxone but did not survive.
Forensic Toxicologist Michael Lamb with NMS Labs found Brooks had alcohol, MDMA, methamphetamine, and sildenafil, a drug similar to Viagra, also in his system.
KPRC 2 Investigates reached out to Rep. Jackson Lee about the report, we were told she is traveling. We will provide a comment once it is available.