Craig Watkins cause of death: What happened to Craig Watkins?

From 2007 to 2015, American attorney Craig Marcus Watkins served as Dallas County’s district attorney. When he was elected in 2006, he became Texas’s first elected African-American district attorney.

Watkins started his legal career as an intern in the Dallas County Public Defender’s and City Attorney’s offices before entering private practice.

Watkins belonged to three legal associations: the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Trial Lawyers Association.

Watkins had three children with Tanya, his wife. At the age of 56, he passed away at his Dallas home on December 12, 2023.

Craig Watkins cause of death: What happened to Craig Watkins?

Craig Wakins, the former Dallas County District Attorney who is best known for rebuilding trust in the office through his Conviction Integrity Unit and for targeting sex offenders for prosecution, has died at the age of 56.

Watkins’s death on Tuesday was confirmed by the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office, though his cause of death has not been provided.