Nueces County Inmate Dies While in Custody

On or about September 20, 2017, detainee Cristobal Flores passed away while in the custody of the Nueces County, Texas Sheriff’s Department.  Information in this post was obtained from a custodial death report filed by the Nueces County Sheriff’s Department with the Attorney General of Texas.

At approximately 5:39 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, an officer discovered Mr. Flores, who was in an inmate at the time, unresponsive on the bunk in his cell.  Lifesaving measures were then instituted, but Mr. Flores showed no response to those lifesaving measures and/or any lifesaving measures conducted by EMS personnel.  The autopsy is pending.  However, the Nueces County Sheriff’s Department reported that Mr. Flores had exhibited mental health problems and medical problems either during the incident and/or at entry into the law enforcement facility.

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.