Human cost · named record
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal
Served in Afghanistan's military for more than a decade and fought alongside U.S. forces. Evacuated to the United States in 2021, he later worked as a truck driver and at a market and bakery while supporting his family.
The account in the record
The Dallas County Medical Examiner established the cause of death as anaphylaxis complicating acute asthma exacerbation and classified the manner as accidental. The trigger remained unidentified in the reviewed reporting.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner established the cause as anaphylaxis complicating acute asthma exacerbation and classified the manner as accidental. The allergic trigger was not identified in the reviewed reporting.
Dallas County Medical Examiner, as reported by AP and Texas Public Radio · Released autopsy report summarized by Texas Public Radio
Custody timeline and recorded facts
- Age at death
- 41
- Sex as published
- Male
- Reported citizenship
- Afghanistan
- Date of death
- March 14, 2026
- Custody context
- holding site
- Place of death
- Parkland Hospital
- Place of death, state
- Texas
What the reviewed sources do not tell us
- Date of birth: Not established in reviewed sources
- Custody began: Not established in reviewed sources
- Days in custody: Not established in reviewed sources
Cause and medical-review status
Official cause, per Dallas County Medical Examiner, as reported by Associated Press and Texas Public Radio: Anaphylaxis complicating acute asthma exacerbation
- Official cause
- Anaphylaxis complicating acute asthma exacerbation
- Manner of death
- Accident
- Cause status as recorded
- official
- Attributed to
- Dallas County Medical Examiner, as reported by Associated Press and Texas Public Radio
What the reviewed sources do not tell us
- Suspected cause: Not established in reviewed sources
What remains unknown or disputed
- Date of birth is not published in the reviewed sources.
- The public record does not establish a complete clinical or custodial chronology beyond what the cited sources publish.
- The reviewed reporting does not identify the substance or exposure that triggered the fatal allergic reaction.
- The death certificate listed methamphetamine as a contributing factor; his family disputed drug use, and the reviewed sources do not resolve that dispute.
Facility and institutional associations
Dallas Field Office Holding Room
The custodial label above is printed as published. It is not matched to a facility in this site's directory, so no facility record is joined to this person.
Why a facility name is not a finding of responsibility
Custodial records associate this person with this facility. This does not by itself establish that the facility or its operator caused or could have prevented the death.
Sources
Evidence boundaries
Cause, preventability, and responsibility are separate questions in this record.
What the sources establish
- The cited sources identify this person by name and record the death on the stated date within the report window.
- The cited sources associate the custody record with the named location.
- The cited source records the stated official or coroner-attributed cause.
What remains unknown
- Date of birth is not published in the reviewed sources.
- The public record does not establish a complete clinical or custodial chronology beyond what the cited sources publish.
- The reviewed reporting does not identify the substance or exposure that triggered the fatal allergic reaction.
- The death certificate listed methamphetamine as a contributing factor; his family disputed drug use, and the reviewed sources do not resolve that dispute.
What this record does not establish
- That detention, a facility, a contractor, or an individual caused the death unless a cited finding explicitly says so.
- That the death was preventable or negligent unless a cited source explicitly establishes that conclusion.
- A custodial-location association does not by itself establish that the facility or its operator caused or could have prevented the death.
The cited sources establish the public record stated here. They do not establish responsibility by an agency, facility, contractor, or individual.