Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Erasmo A. Cortez

died September 24, 1997 · La Feria Police Department Jail, Texas

Erasmo A. Cortez died on September 24, 1997 while held at La Feria Police Department jail, a Texas municipal jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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