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Robert Fadal

59 years old · died July 19, 2020 · Guadalupe County Adult Detention Center, Guadalupe County, Texas

Robert Fadal, a Seguin doctor, died in July 2020 while held at the Guadalupe County Adult Detention Center in Texas. According to the sheriff's office, jail staff found him unresponsive in his cell during a cell check, with a handmade rope around his neck. He was taken to Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, where he died. The sheriff's office has not confirmed that his death was a suicide, and the Texas Rangers are investigating.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office said he was found with a handmade rope around his neck in an apparent suicide attempt, and a news report called his death a suicide; the Texas Rangers are investigating.

Reported by: Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); news report.

News reports (4)