Man Dies in Frio County, Texas After Interaction with Pearsall Police Department

Roberto Elizondo passed away on January 14, 2018 after an encounter with the Pearsall Police Department in Frio County, Texas.  Information we post here was obtained from a custodial death report filed by that police department with the Attorney General of Texas.  We make no allegations of any wrongdoing but are simply providing information.

Police received a telephone call about Mr. Elizondo, who was 57 years of age at the time, on January 13, 2018.  When police arrived, they observed Mr. Elizondo standing on the front porch of a residence.  Mr. Elizondo clearly had mental health issues, yelling about an invisible dog attacking him and about officers pouring gasoline on him (which was not occurring).  Ultimately, officers decided to take Mr. Elizondo in custody for an emergency mental health detention.  After doing so, at some point, Mr. Elizondo became non-responsive.  He passed away the following day at University Hospital.

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.