Michael Gabriel Lujan
Michael Gabriel Lujan, 31, of Clovis, died on October 5, 2026, while being held at the Curry County Adult Detention Center. The Curry County Sheriff's Office said staff found him unresponsive in his cell during a welfare check that Monday morning, and he was taken to Plains Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Officials have said he had reportedly taken methamphetamine before being jailed, and that he was placed in a single-cell observation unit, but the cause and manner of death remain under investigation. One account says officials have not said how long he was unresponsive before he was found, and the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator's review is pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: Curry County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (7)
- Curry County inmate dies after being found unresponsive in cell
- Inmate dies at Curry County Adult Detention Center
- Curry County investigates two inmate deaths at Clovis jail
- Curry County Sheriff’s Office investigating detention center inmate’s death
- Curry County Sheriff's Office investigating detention center inmate's death
- Michael Gabriel Lujan Dies After Being Found Unresponsive in Curry County Jail
- Jail officials release info on Aug. 19 death