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A Texas pedophile died this week after drinking a mysterious liquid from a water bottle as a jury found him guilty of child sexual assault, officials said.<\/p>

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Edward Leclair, 57, was on trial in Denton, Texas, for five counts of sexual abuse and had been free on bond until the verdict Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs these verdicts were being read, he chugged a bottle of water he had at [the] counsel table,\u201d Denton County Assistant District Attorney Jamie Beck told\u00a0CNN<\/a>\u00a0Friday, adding the liquid seemed cloudy.<\/p>

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\u201cOur investigator noticed him chug the water,\u201d Beck said. \u201cHe told the bailiff he might want to go check on him. The bailiff did. He was unconscious in the holding cell.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cShortly after entering the holdover cell, he started vomiting, and emergency services were called,\u201d Leclair\u2019s defense attorney, Mike Howard said.<\/p>\n

Howard said Leclair had taken a \u201clong drink from a water bottle\u201d while listening to the verdict, but the attorney did not know what was in the bottle.<\/p>

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Medics tried to revive Leclair. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.<\/p>\n

An autopsy was ordered, and the cause of death is listed as pending.<\/p>

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