Monique Gallegos
Monique Gallegos was living at the Arapahoe County Residential Center in Littleton, Colorado, a residential facility for people with substance use issues, when she died on June 13, 2023. According to her family's federal wrongful death lawsuit, she showed signs of drug intoxication that day, and staff waited nearly an hour before calling 911; she died at the scene of an overdose on methamphetamine. The lawsuit claims staff and GEO Group, which operated the facility, failed to train staff or set policies for responding to overdoses. In an August 2025 order, a federal judge allowed the claim against GEO Group to proceed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). Monique Gallegos's family's federal wrongful death lawsuit says she died of a methamphetamine overdose after staff at the Arapahoe County Residential Center waited nearly an hour before calling 911 and lacked overdose response training and policies, a claim the facility's operator GEO Group has contested.
Reported by: surviving family, through a federal wrongful death lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her family filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit over her death, and in August 2025 a federal judge allowed the claim against GEO Group to proceed.