Cyntha Garcia
Family describes Cyntha Garcia, a 32-year-old who had schizophrenia, as a shy and loving woman who enjoyed time with her family and finding peace outdoors. After her mother called 9-1-1 when she overdosed on medication, she was taken to a hospital and then to the Kleberg County Jail. Reports said jailers checked on her through a cell window at intervals of 15 to 20 minutes, and a jail nurse later found her in distress; she was taken to a hospital and died the next day. The medical examiner listed the cause as complications of combined drug abuse and the manner as suicide, and her mother's civil lawsuit against the county and hospital is pending. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report records her death at the jail on April 1, 2022.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The medical examiner listed the manner as suicide, with complications from combined drug abuse as the cause.
Reported by: medical examiner or coroner.
Lawsuit: Her mother filed a civil lawsuit against Kleberg County and a hospital over her death, and the suit is pending.