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Vince Lee Espino

42 years old · died November 11, 2025 · Wayne McCollum Detention Center, Ellis County, Texas

Vince Lee Espino, 42, was found unconscious in his cell at the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie, Texas, on November 11, 2025. Jail nursing staff gave aid until emergency medical services arrived, and he was taken to Baylor Scott & White Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Ellis County Sheriff's Office said the injury was self-inflicted and asked the Texas Rangers to conduct an independent investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman said the injury was self-inflicted and asked the Texas Rangers to conduct an independent investigation.

Reported by: Ellis County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Brad Norman) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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