19-Year-Old Joshua Andrew Miranda Dies After Being in San Antonio Jail

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, in San Antonio Texas, filed a custodial death report regarding the death of Joshua Andrew Miranda.  Mr. Miranda was only 19 years old when he died.  We obtained information in this post from that report, and we do not allege any wrongdoing.  Instead, we are simply providing information regarding the unfortunate custodial death of Mr. Miranda

Mr. Miranda was taken into custody on January 6, 2019 at 8:06 PM.  On January 10, 2019, at approximately 12:58 PM, Mr. Miranda was transported to a San Antonio-area hospital after being found unresponsive in his cell.  Mr. Miranda was pronounced deceased at 5:40 AM on January 11, 2019.

We are uncertain why the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office chose to wait so long to file a custodial death report with the Attorney General of Texas.  Texas law requires that a city or county experiencing a custodial death file a written report with the Attorney General of Texas no later than 30 days after that death.

The custodial death report is unusual in that it gives a very concise summary of what occurred.  It does not comment on the likely cause of Mr. Miranda’s death, or any or provide any other details of what occurred.  Suffice it to say that the death of a 19-year-old young man in custody generally does not occur from natural causes.

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.