Robert Gallegos
Robert Gallegos died on September 16, 2017, while held at the El Paso County Jail in Texas, according to a custodial death report from the Texas Office of the Attorney General. A KFOX report describes a man who died that day at the El Paso County Jail Annex, and Sheriff Richard Wiles said the death was from natural causes linked to medical issues, with a ruptured bowel as the cause. Two detention officers were arrested for falsifying cell-block check records from the same day, and the sheriff said he did not believe those falsified checks were directly connected to the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Sheriff Richard Wiles said the man died of natural causes, a ruptured bowel, and that two detention officers falsified cell-block checks the same day, which he did not believe connected to the death.
Reported by: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Richard Wiles) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.