The Carson County Sheriff’s Office in Panhandle, Texas, filed a custodial death report about Nicholas Whatley Jr. on August 30, 2022. Mr. Whatley was arrested in Potter County and booked into Carson County Jail on August 9, 2022, and he died the next day. The cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy, but the CDR indicates that it could have been natural causes or an overdose. The address of Carson County Jail is 201 US 60 in Panhandle, Texas, 79068. Carson County Jail is located about 30 minutes from Amarillo, Texas.

A Potter County Jail Inmate Dies After Being Held in Restraints in the Amarillo, Texas, Detention Center to be continued

Genaro Rocha is one of the 2018 custodial deaths that occurred in Potter County Jail in Amarillo, Texas. This series will explore details of the custodial death of Mr. Rocha and three other inmate deaths, each of which occurred at the jail between 2018 and 2022. The address of Potter County Jail is 13100 Northeast 29th Street, Amarillo, TX, 79111. The inmate capacity at this adult jail facility is 603.

In this continuing series, learn details about the death of Mr. Rocha as well as deceased Potter County Jail inmates Daniel Luis Martinez, David Quannah Brown, and Larry Darrell Douglas, Jr.

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