26-year-old Rebecca Rodriguez died on or about October 20, 2017 while in the custody of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.  Information provided in this post was extracted from a custodial death report filed by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office with the Attorney General of Texas.  Therefore, our firm does not have personal knowledge of what is mentioned in this post and also does not make any allegation that anyone did anything wrong.

Ms. Rodriguez was incarcerated at the Bexar County Jail beginning October 20, 2017.  Allegedly, on October 24, 2017, at approximately 4:15 p.m., Ms. Rodriguez was found on the floor grabbing her stomach in pain.  She was transported to a medical portion of the facility for evaluation and ultimately displayed no vital signs.  Emergency medical services personnel were called, and Ms. Rodriguez was transported to Downtown Baptist Hospital (where she passed away).

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.