Andres Linares Baca Dies of Apparent Suicide After Incarceration in El Paso County, Texas Jail

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, in Texas, filed a report regarding the death of Andres Linares Baca. Mr. Baca was only 39 years old at the time of his death. We provide in this post information we obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone.

Mr. Baca was originally incarcerated in the El Paso, Texas jail on May 10, 2022. The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:

“Incident Date: 05/29/2022 Case Number: 202205954 Inmate Name: Andres Linares Baca Location: DDF Synopsis: 05/29/2022 at approximately 1452 hours officers were flagged down in reference to an unknown problem. Officer observed inmate Baca unresponsive in a single person cell. Inmate Baca was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Manner of Death: Autopsy Pending Medical Cause of Death: Pending”

As has been true with other inmates who have died in the El Paso, Texas jail, the report provides no information in the summary regarding the cause of Mr. Baca’s death. Suffice it to say that far too many people have been dying in the El Paso, Texas jail. However, in the middle of the report, it reads “hanging/strangulation” as the means of death. We represent the family of a different inmate who committed suicide in the El Paso County, Texas jail.

The United States Constitution requires Texas jailers, medical personnel, and mental health personnel to provide appropriate care to inmates, and not to be indifferent to their needs. If a person dies as a result of a failure to provide care, or to protect that person from known suicidal tendencies, for example, then certain surviving family members may be able to bring a federal lawsuit. Our Texas jail neglect and abuse law firm has litigated a number of such cases across the state.

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.