Benito Albarran
Benito Albarran, 41, was described by his attorneys as kind, decent and gentle, a man who struggled to be a good father and husband and had suffered profound trauma in childhood. His attorney said his mother died a week or two before his death and that he fell into a deep depression afterward. He died on Sunday, April 26, 2015, at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, where Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said he died by self-inflicted hanging at 9:47 p.m. His attorneys Joseph Flood and Steve Malone said he had severe mental illness, addiction and intellectual disability, and that he was found dead from an apparent suicide, with one account placing him in the infirmary and the attorneys placing him in his cell.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates said Benito Albarran died by self-inflicted hanging, and his attorneys Joseph Flood and Steve Malone said he was found dead in his cell from an apparent suicide after struggling with severe mental illness and intellectual disability; his attorney said his mother's death a week or two earlier left him deeply depressed.
Reported by: Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates (medical examiner or coroner); attorneys Joseph Flood and Steve Malone (family or their lawyers).
Custody: Serving a sentence.