Deaths in Custody
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Gary Valdez Lynch III

32 years old · died February 13, 2019 · Hunt County Jail, Hunt County, Texas

Gary Valdez Lynch III, 32, died while held at the Hunt County Jail in Hunt County, Texas. A news report gave his date of death as February 13, 2019, and listed medical neglect as the cause. The Texas Office of the Attorney General's custodial death report gives February 23, 2019 as the date of death. The two sources disagree on the date.

Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. A news report lists the cause as medical neglect, and the Texas Attorney General's custodial death report records the death at Hunt County Jail without stating a cause.

Reported by: news report; Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report.

News reports (2)