Deaths in Custody
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Cesar Adrian Cardenas

33 years old · died December 6, 2011 · Lee County Jail, Lee County, Texas

Cesar Adrian Cardenas, 33, died on December 6, 2011, while held at the Lee County Jail in Lee County, Texas. A news report listed an overdose as the cause of death. A Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report also recorded his death at the same jail on the same date.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. A news report lists the cause as an overdose, while the Texas Attorney General custodial death report gives no cause of death.

Reported by: news reporting on the Lee County Jail death (reporters); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report.

News reports (2)