Edgar Villatoro-Alvarez
Edgar Villatoro-Alvarez died on February 25, 2022, while held at the Tarrant County Jail in Texas, according to the Texas Office of the Attorney General's custodial death report. Reason Magazine reported that he had been hospitalized in November 2021 during a bipolar episode and was booked into the jail in December 2021. A jailer wrote in a report that he seemed to be deteriorating. His family's account of his death is not reflected in these sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). A jailer's report says Villatoro Alvarez seemed to be deteriorating after a hospitalization for a bipolar episode, and the cause of death is not stated in the accounts.
Reported by: Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report; jailer report.