The man who died in the Bexar County jail on Thursday has been identified as 52-year-old Jaimie Rodriguez Valdez. Around 5 p.m.
This latest death comes just weeks after a mentally ill homeless man perished inside the walls of the Bexar County jail.
The man who died in the Bexar County jail on Thursday has been identified as 52-year-old Jaimie Rodriguez Valdez. Around 5 p.m. Thursday, Bexar County Adult Detention Facility staff gave Valdez medication for an underlying pre-existing medical condition. About an hour later, deputies making their rounds found the man unresponsive in the booking area where he was awaiting a cell assignment, according to officials with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office .Personnel tried life-saving measures, officials said. Despite those efforts, Valdez was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m.
“Preliminarily, it appears that the inmate suffered a medical episode compounded by preexisting medical conditions, however, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the exact cause of death,” the sheriff's office said in an emailed statement.Penic should not have been in the county jail in the first place because he was “homeless, mentally ill and had major medical issues.”Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current.
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