Jelacio Martinez-Lopez
Jelacio Martinez-Lopez, 39, arrived at the Cibola County Correctional Center in Cibola County, New Mexico, in March 2015, with paperwork showing he had been on suicide watch at a previous facility. A Bureau of Prisons review and the facility's internal postmortem report both concluded he was not seen promptly for a mental-health evaluation and should have been evaluated and treated within two days of his arrival. Twelve days after he arrived, guards found him hanging in his solitary cell. The death is recorded as a hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The BOP review and CCA's internal postmortem found he hanged himself in his solitary cell and should have been evaluated and treated within two days of arrival, despite paperwork showing prior suicide watch.
Reported by: BOP review and CCA internal postmortem report (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.