Kristen Anthony Cabezas Dies After Being in Fort Bend County Jail

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Department, in Richmond, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Kristen Anthony Cabezas. Mr. Cabezas was only 40 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.

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:

“DECEDENT WAS HOUSED WITHIN A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY CELL WHEN DECEDENT WAS FOUND TO BE HAVING A SEIZURE. THE SUPERVISING DEPUTY SUMMONED ASSISTANCE, CPR WAS INITIATED ALONG WITH MEDICAL AID FROM STAFF. THE DECEDENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO OAK BEND HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON MARCH 23, 2022 AT APPROXIATMELY 11:42 PM. DECEDENT’S BODY WAS SENT TO FORT BEND COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE FOR AUTOPSY. AUTOPSY RESULTS PENDING. INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY TEXAS RANGER’S OFFICE, FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE FORT BEND COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE.”

Thus, the report provides no information regarding Mr. Cabezas’ preexisting medical issues, whether and how often he had been observed, whether he had sought medical treatment, or anything else of substance regarding the cause and manner of his death. The United States Constitution provides protection to inmates in Texas county jails. The Constitution requires that counties and jailers provide reasonable medical care to inmates. If they fail to do so, and a person dies as a result, then they could be liable to certain surviving family members in a federal lawsuit.

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.