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Miniature train operator accused of molesting children killed in jail

5 years 3 weeks 1 day ago Friday, November 09 2018 Nov 9, 2018 November 09, 2018 12:56 PM November 09, 2018 in News
Source: Associated Press
Photo: Tarrant County Jail

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a North Texas man charged with molesting children attending parties at a miniature-train complex he built in his yard has died after being attacked while in custody.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports another inmate at the Tarrant County Jail complex was suspected in Wednesday’s death of 76-year-old Clinton Don Simpson of Keller. Sheriff’s spokesman David McClelland says Texas Rangers would investigate.

A medical examiner reports Simpson suffered blunt force head injuries and died at a Fort Worth hospital.

Simpson ran “Mr. Don’s Whistle Stop.” He was arrested in 2007 and faced more than a dozen charges of aggravated sexual assault, indecency with a child or sexual abuse.

Records show Simpson was repeatedly found incompetent to stand trial and spent time at state hospitals.

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