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Juan Moreno-Hernandez

36 years old · died June 24, 2024 · Bexar County Adult Detention Center, Bexar County, Texas

Juan Moreno-Hernandez, 36, died on June 15, 2024, while held at the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio, Texas. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office said a detention deputy found him and another man unresponsive in their cell around 11:15 p.m., and that staff gave both of them Narcan. Officials believe he consumed an unidentified substance and had a medical episode, and the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office will determine the official cause and manner of death. The Precinct 2 Constable's Office is investigating, and the sheriff's internal affairs unit is conducting an administrative review.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says he and another detained man apparently took an unidentified substance and had a medical episode; the medical examiner has not yet ruled on the cause.

Reported by: Bexar County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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