Octavio Vargas-Herrera
Octavio Vargas-Herrera was 25 years old when he died on September 28, 2017, while held at the Mesa County Jail in Colorado. The Mesa County Sheriff's Department said he was found in his cell on a Thursday night and had hanged himself. The department said he had been placed on suicide watch when he was first booked into the jail. It also said preliminary reports indicate jail staff followed all procedures before and during the incident.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Mesa County Sheriff's Department says he hanged himself in his cell and that jail staff followed all procedures before and during the incident.
Reported by: Mesa County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.