Mark Montoya
Mark Montoya, 22, died while held at the Bexar County jail in Texas in late November 2010. The San Antonio Current reported, citing jail records, that a deputy found him kneeling by his bunk with a sheet tied around his neck, and that the death was recorded as a suicide. The paper also reported that in the days before, he had told others held with him that he feared what might happen to him. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report gives the date of death as November 29, 2010, while the newspaper gives November 28, and the two sources differ on the date.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The jail records reported by the San Antonio Current say a deputy found him kneeling by his bunk with a sheet tied around his neck, and the Texas Attorney General custodial death report lists the death at Bexar County Jail without stating a cause.
Reported by: Bexar County Jail records, as reported by the San Antonio Current (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report.
Custody: Serving a sentence.