Donald Oscar Cruz
Donald Oscar Cruz died on November 18, 2020, while held at the Nueces County Jail in Texas, according to a Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report. A KRIS 6 News report described a man in his late 40s who died inside the jail at about 6 a.m. that Wednesday, though it did not name him, and the two accounts are linked by date and facility. Sheriff J.C. Hooper said the death appears to be from natural causes, and the Nueces County Sheriff's Office said its investigation found no signs of foul play. The Texas Rangers were also to investigate, as they do with all such deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Nueces County Sheriff's Office said the death appears to be from natural causes, and the Texas Attorney General's custodial death report lists the death at the Nueces County Jail.
Reported by: Nueces County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.