Alleged Child Abuser Killed in Texas Prison: Reports

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A Texas man who was in jail for allegedly abusing a dozen children was killed by another inmate, according to reports.

Don Simpson, 76, was beaten to death in the Tarrant County Jail, allegedly by David Faustino Flores, 42, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Don Simpson accused of molesting children in 2007 at Mr. Don’s Whistle Stop in Keller has died from injuries he suffered while he was in jail, according to reports. (Tarrant County Jail)

Simpson owned a children’s train and track station called “Mr. Don’s Whistle Stop” that he operated in his backyard, the paper reported. After several decades of operating the children’s train station, he was accused of molesting a dozen children in 2007.

His trial, however, was delayed for years after a judge sent him for a psychiatric evaluation. He was then confined in a Texas mental hospital and was deemed incompetent to stand trial.

WFAA reported that police said Simpson had admitted to abusing young children on multiple occasions.

Simpson was deemed competent in November 2018 for trial and was transferred from a mental hospital to the Tarrant County facility.

“He was recently found competent and returned,” Sam Jordan, a spokeswoman for the Tarrant County district attorney’s office, told the Star-Telegram.

Texas Rangers officials said Simpson was attacked in the jail at 2:20 a.m. and was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later. The paper said he died of blunt-force trauma.

Before he allegedly beat Simpson to death in jail, Flores was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Oct. 8, charged with injuring the elderly. He was accused of striking an elderly man on Oct. 7.