Freeman Emmanuel Verne Dies in Bexar County, Texas Jail

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, in San Antonio, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Freeman Emmanuel Verne. Mr. Verne was 50 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from that document, and we do not allege any wrongdoing against anyone. 

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:

“On July 02, 2023, at approximately 0736 hours a Code 1 Blue (medical emergency) was announced in the Mental Health Unit (MHU) for Inmate Freeman, Verne #XXXXXXX, cell MF07, by Deputy O. Guzman #2056, via radio. The code was called when Dep Guzman and Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) Officer D. Sollohub #2074 entered the cell to clean the cell and administer prescribed medications to inmate Freeman. Upon entering the cell, Inmate Freeman was found unresponsive. LVN B. Thomas was in the unit and immediately began compressions. Additional medical personnel arrived and took over life saving measures. San Antonio Fire Department and Emergency Management Services (EMS) were called and arrived at approximately 0751 hours, at which time, they took over life saving measures. At 0806 hours, the inmate was pronounced deceased per MD Dr. Sparkman.”

The report provides no additional information regarding any ongoing medical or mental health treatment Mr. Verne was receiving. It also provides no information regarding his cause of death. 

The United States Constitution requires Texas jails to provide reasonable medical and mental health care to detainees. If jails fail to do so, and a person dies as a result, then family members may be able to file a federal civil rights lawsuit. Our Texas jail neglect and abuse law firm is handling a number of such cases across Texas. In fact, our firm, as of this post, is litigating a case against Bexar County regarding a death occurring in that jail.

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.