Robert Montano
Robert Montano, 41, died on October 12, 2011, while held at the Orange County Jail in Orange County, Texas. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report lists his death at the jail, and a news report gave acute renal failure as the cause. In 2017, KFDM reported that the county paid $3 million to settle a lawsuit over his death. According to that reporting, the courts found he had little, if any, food or water, was never seen by a doctor, and that jail staff asked for emergency care only minutes before he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). The news report lists the cause as medical neglect, and a lawsuit the county settled for $3 million says Montano had little or no food or water, was never seen by a doctor, and died of acute renal failure after staff ignored a request for emergency care.
Reported by: news report; Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report; lawsuit against Orange County (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Orange County over his death, and the county settled for $3 million.