Chad Lenoch was placed in the Guadalupe County Jail in Seguin, Texas, just six days before his custodial death on October 10, 2022. After being found unresponsive on the same day he was pronounced deceased, he was transported to Guadalupe Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lenoch was no longer able to breathe on his own, and he was then moved to San Antonio’s University Hospital. His condition further worsened, and his death was declared at the hospital at 10:14 AM, per the summary of how the death occurred.

Robert John Barela Hangs Himself in El Paso County Jail

Another inmate suicide that occurred in a local jail in Texas this year happened in El Paso County Jail. At 37 years of age, Robert John Barela was arrested and booked into the El Paso, Texas, jail on February 10, 2022. The original custodial death report (CDR) about his passing was filed with the Office of Attorney General (OAG) by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office at 3850 Justice Road in El Paso, TX 79938, on March 2, 2022. The Amended CDR reveals that the manner of death was suicide, and the medical cause of death was “complications of hanging.”

Mr. Barela was in his single-occupancy cell when officers observed him hanging by a bedsheet from the ceiling on February 23, 2022. Lifesaving measures began immediately and were continued first by jail medical staff and then by emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Mr. Barela was transported to an El Paso hospital, where he was pronounced deceased at 1:50 PM, minutes after being discovered.

Learn more in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of this series.

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