Manuel Benavidez
Manuel Remeas Benavidez died on March 18, 2026, after being held at the Rusk County Jail in Texas, where he had been moved from a Texas Department of Criminal Justice medical facility in February, according to a state custodial death report. The report says he had several serious pre-existing health conditions, and officials believe natural causes related to them were responsible, though the cause is pending autopsy. Jail staff reportedly found him unresponsive in a medical cell, and he was taken to a hospital, where he died the next day. The death is under review, and the final autopsy has not yet been released.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A state custodial death report attributes his death to natural causes stemming from pre-existing medical conditions, with the final autopsy still pending.
Reported by: state custodial death report; officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.