Tristan Hallman
A Dallas officer who was
charged with sexual assault last month was found dead Friday morning at his
home in Little Elm.
David Wayne Kattner, 47, had
been on administrative leave pending an investigation. He was scheduled to go
to the internal affairs division Friday morning with his attorney.
Dallas police officials
confirmed he died Friday in a statement: “The Dallas Police Department wishes
to express its condolences to the family of Senior Corporal David Kattner, who
passed away this morning.”
His wife reportedly found him
dead in the home this morning. Kattner’s cause of death hasn’t been confirmed.
Police had arrested Kattner for
sexual assault, a second-degree felony, after a prostitute told them he forced
her to perform a sex act on him while he was on duty. She told police that he
had forced her to do so twice before. He also allegedly told the woman that he
knew where her daughter lived. Investigators were trying to determine if there
were other women who may have been victims.
Kattner, a 26-year veteran of
the department, was a northeast patrol division officer.
