Javier Enrique Molina
Javier Enrique Molina, 34, loved sports, working out, reading and writing, according to a 2014 pen-pal advertisement in which he said he hoped to make friends. He was stabbed to death on March 7, 2014, in a common area of a medium-security wing at Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Las Cruces, where he was held. The New Mexico Corrections Department said several people from the same gang were involved in a sudden attack lasting less than two minutes while cell doors were open. State police said a metal shank was found in a search of the cell pods, and no arrests had been made as of the following evening.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The New Mexico Corrections Department said several inmates from the same gang attacked him with stabbing injuries in a sudden attack while cell doors were open.
Reported by: New Mexico Corrections Department (the agency that held him); New Mexico State Police (outside investigators).