On November 2, 2022, the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office in Seguin, Texas, filed a custodial death report (CDR) about the October 10, 2022, death of 44-year-old Chad Lenoch. Sheriff Arnold Zwicke is listed as the Director. The CDR shows that Mr. Lenoch entered the jail on October 4, 2022.

El Paso County Jail Inmate Andres Linares Baca Dies of Apparent Suicide

Andres Linares Baca was booked into the El Paso County Jail at 601 E. Overland in El Paso, TX 79901 on May 10, 2022. A CDR about his custodial death was filed by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on July 26, 2022, a date which exceeded the 30-day limit for filing reports of inmate deaths with the Office of Attorney General in Texas.

When Mr. Baca went through intake at the jail, the jailer who processed him indicated that he did not make any suicidal statements. He was placed in a single-occupancy cell. At about 2:52 PM on May 29, 2022, Mr. Baca was discovered hanging in his cell. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was declared deceased at 3:26 PM. The manner of death is listed as suicide and the medical cause is “hanging.”

Learn more in Part 1 and this continuing series.

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