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Hector Rene Galvez

53 years old · died February 19, 2026 · Connally Prison, Karnes County, Texas

Hector Rene Galvez, 53, died on February 19, 2026, at the Connally Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility in Kenedy. Galvez had been held in TDCJ custody since November 2006. According to a TDCJ custodial death report, Galvez was found unresponsive in a two-man cell. The report lists the manner of death as pending an autopsy.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice 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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