Died in prison
Jesse Gonzales
Jesse Gonzales, 40, died on March 1, 2026, while held at the Connally Unit in Kenedy, Texas, a state prison where they had been in Texas Department of Criminal Justice custody since 2009. According to a TDCJ custodial death report, Gonzales was found unresponsive in a single-occupancy cell and taken to the unit's medical department, where they were pronounced dead. The report lists the preliminary cause of death as cardiac arrest.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The TDCJ custodial death report lists cardiac arrest as the preliminary cause.
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.