Presumed and Confirmed COVID-19 Offender Deaths

April 7, 2020

Bartolo Infante, 72, died April 7, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Telford Unit April 3. Infante tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Autopsy results are pending.

April 11, 2020

Leonard Clerkly, 62, died April 11, 2020, at Grimes County Hospital. He was transported from the Pack Unit April 11. Preliminary autopsy results suggest pneumonia due to COVID-19 to be a contributing cause of death. Clerkly had served 5 years of a life sentence out of Tarrant County.

April 13, 2020

James Matthews, 68, died April 13, 2020, at the Beto Unit. He was tested for COVID-19. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Matthews had served 17 years of a 40-year sentence out of Hopkins County.

April 14, 2020

Johnny Davis, 60, died April 14, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 9, 2020. Offender Davis tested positive for COVID-19 on April 11, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served three years on a 10-year sentence out of Hunt County.

April 15, 2020

James Nealy, 68, died April 15, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Wynne Unit April 15. Nealy tested positive for COVID-19 and preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Nealy was serving a 99-year sentence out of Bell County.

April 18, 2020

Darrin Houston, 55, died April 18, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit April 14. He tested positive for COVID-19 and preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Houston had served 10 years of a life sentence out of Dallas County.

Elijah Neighbors, 64, died April 18, 2020, at a local hospital in Huntsville. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 17, 2020. Offender Neighbors tested positive for COVID-19 on April 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 12 years on a life sentence out of Victoria County.

April 19, 2020

Luis Garza, 53, died April 19, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit April 15. Garza tested positive for COVID-19 and was suffering from a pre-existing medical condition. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Garza had served 12 years of a 25-year sentence out of Dallas County.

Russell Hill, 60, died April 19, 2020, at a local hospital in Lancaster. He was transported from the Hutchins State Jail in Dallas on April 16, 2020. Offender Hill tested positive for COVID-19 on April 17, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served two years on a seven-year sentence out of Bowie County.

April 20, 2020

Willie Eanes, 84, died April 20, 2020, at UT Tyler Medical Center. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 14, 2020. Offender Eanes tested positive for COVID-19 on April 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 22 years on a 45-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

April 21, 2020

James Lorke, 65, died April 21, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 16, 2020. Offender Lorke tested positive for COVID-19 on April 16, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 28 years on a life sentence out of Bexar County.

April 22, 2020

Robert Hohn, 79, died April 22, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 14, 2020. Offender Hohn tested positive to COVID-19 on April 17, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 24 years on a 50-year sentence out of Liberty County.

April 23, 2020

Timothy Bazrowx, 63, died April 23, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 17, 2020. Offender Bazrowx tested positive for COVID-19 on April 18, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 13 years on a 20-year sentence out of Ellis County.

Harold Dean Wilson, 65, died April 23, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit on April 18, 2020. Offender Wilson He tested positive for COVID-19 on April 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 20-year sentence out of Randall County.

Thomas Rodriguez, 79, died April 23, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 19, 2020. Offender Rodriguez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 24 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

Frederick Ebenal, 76, died April 23, 2020, at a local hospital in Texarkana. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 20, 2020. Ebenal tested positive for COVID-19 on April 23, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 28 years on a 48-year sentence out of Tom Green County.

April 24, 2020

Nathaniel Morgan, 77, died April 24, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 22, 2020. Offender Morgan tested positive for COVID-19 on April 22, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 47 years on a life sentence out of Tarrant County.

April 25, 2020

Nicholas Paredez, 82, died April 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit to a local hospital April 22 and then transported to Hospital Galveston April 23. Paredez suffered from pre-existing medical conditions and preliminary autopsy results suggest pneumonia due to COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death. Paredez had served 16 years of a 25-year sentence.

Gary Hampton, 64, died April 25, 2020, at a local hospital in Huntsville. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 17, 2020. Offender Hampton tested positive for COVID-19 on April 17, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 16 years on a life sentence out of Tarrant County.

April 26, 2020

Michael Milligan, 64, died April 26, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on April 19, 2020. Offender Milligan tested positive for COVID-19 on April 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 7 years on a 30-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

Vaughn Harvey, 70, died April 26, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 22, 2020. Offender Harvey tested positive for COVID-19 on April 22, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 18 years on a life sentence out of Smith County.

David Randle, 57, died April 26, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit on April 17 and then Hospital Galveston April 18. Randle tested positive for COVID-19. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Randle had served 15 years of a 60-year sentence out of Brown County.

Paul Brown, 55, died April 26, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 18, 2020. Offender Brown tested positive for COVID-19 on April 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. Brown had served seven years on a 50-year sentence out of Orange County.

Willie Charles Price, 56, died April 26, 2020, at a local hospital in Dallas. He was transported from the Hutchins State Jail in Dallas on April 22, 2020. Offender Price tested positive for COVID-19 on April 24, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served two years on a four-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

April 28, 2020

Vidal Zaragoza, 68, died April 28, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on April 23, 2020. Offender Zaragoza tested positive for COVID-19 on April 21, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 14 years of a 17-year sentence out of Harris County.

April 29, 2020

Bennie Skinner, 79, died April 29, 2020, at a local hospital in Texarkana. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 21, 2020. Offender Skinner tested positive for COVID-19 on April 21, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 30 years on a life sentence out of Parker County.

Ralph Neely, 70, died April 29, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Robertson Unit April 17. Neely tested positive for COVID-19. Preliminary autopsy indicates the virus as a preliminary cause of death. Neely had served 26 years of a life sentence out of Jefferson County.

May 2, 2020

Terry Jackson, 57, died May 2, 2020, at Northwest Texas Hospital. He was transported from the Clements Unit April 25. Jackson suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Jackson had served 14 years of a 45-year sentence out of Lamar County.

Tommy Rodriguez, 62, died May 2, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 13, 2020. Offender Rodriguez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 10, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 14 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

Edward Lamoyne King, 60, died May 2, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 27, 2020. Offender King tested positive for COVID-19 on April 29, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 9 years of a 35-year sentence out of Williamson County.

Lee Rue Culp Jr., 58, died May 2, 2020, at a local hospital in Houston.He was transported from the Stringfellow Unit in Rosharon on May 1, 2020. Offender Culp tested positive for COVID-19 on May 2, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the cause of his death. He had served one year on a 6-year sentence out of Dallas County.

May 3, 2020

Ramchand Jagaroo, 66, died May 3, 2020, at Northwest Texas Hospital. He was transported from the Clements Unit April 26. Jagaroo suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Jagaroo had served 16 years of a life sentence out of Harris County.

Miguel Arciba, 62, died May 3, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Telford Unit April 13. Arciba tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Arciba had served 13 years of a life sentence out of Ellis County.

Stanley Leon Blackwell, 52, died May 3, 2020, at a local hospital in Huntsville. He was transported from the Byrd Unit in Huntsville on April 7, 2020. Offender Blackwell tested positive for COVID-19 on April 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 6 months on a life sentence out of Tarrant County.

May 4, 2020

Danilo Garza, 65, died May 4, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Eastham Unit in Lovelady on April 28, 2020. Offender Garza tested positive for COVID-19 on April 20, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 32 years on a life sentence out of Cameron County.

Charles Edward Burke, 62, died May 4, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Scott Unit in Angleton on May 3, 2020. Offender Burke tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 3 years of a 50-year sentence out of Orange County.

Reginal Dewayne Jones, 65, died May 4, 2020, at the Robertson Unit in Abilene. Offender Jones tested positive for COVID-19 on May 4, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 16 years on a 55-year sentence out of Brazos County.

May 5, 2020

Daniel Thompson, 71, died May 5, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit April 30. Thompson suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Thompson had served 24 years of a 50-year sentence out of Harris County.

Gerald Barragan, 62, died May 5, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on April 26, 2020. Offender Barragan tested positive for COVID-19 on April 24, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 months of a 5-year sentence out of Kendall County.

Alfredo De La Vega, 54, died May 5, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Montford Unit April 27. De La Vega suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. De La Vega had served 20 years of a 20-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Eleazar Avila-Guerrero, 73, died May 5, 2020 at a local hospital in Huntsville. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on May 1, 2020. Offender Avila-Guerrero tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 27 years on a 50-year sentence out of Cameron County.

May 6, 2020

Marion Sayles, 62, died May 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 15, 2020. Offender Sayles tested positive for COVID-19 on April 15, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 8 years of a life sentence out of Dallas County.

May 7, 2020

Angel Rene Mendez, 54, died May 7, 2020, at a local hospital in Huntsville.He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on April 26, 2020. Offender Mendez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 24, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the cause of his death. He had served eight years on a 35-year sentence out of Comal County.

May 8, 2020

Joe Rodriguez Coronado, 71, died May 8, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit to the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on April 18, 2020, and then to Hospital Galveston on May 3, 2020. Offender Coronado tested positive for COVID-19 on April 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 24 years of a 55-year sentence out of Dallas County.

David Martinez, 54, died May 8, 2020, at the West Texas Hospital co-located with the Montford Unit. He was transported from the Smith Unit in Lamesa on April 10, 2020. Offender Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 10, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 5 years on an 8-year sentence out of Nueces County.

May 9, 2020

Jose Victor Bonilla, 63, died May 9, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on April 27, 2020. Offender Bonilla tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 7 years of a 30-year sentence out of Harris County.

Gilbert Briseno, 70, died May 9, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on May 2, 2020. Offender Briseno tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 8 years of a 25-year sentence out of Travis County.

May 10, 2020

David Quintero, 70, died May 10, 2020, at the Jester III Unit. He tested positive for COVID-19 and preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Quintero had served 7 years of a 15-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Adrian Duncan, 51, died May 10, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Scott Unit on April 26, 2020. Offender Duncan tested positive for COVID-19 on April 22, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 10 years on a 35-year sentence out of Harris County.

James Powers, 77, died May 10, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Ellis Unit in Huntsville on May 5, 2020. Offender Powers tested positive for COVID-19 on May 4, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 20-year sentence out of Taylor County.

May 11, 2020

Jeffrey Davis, 45, died May 11, 2020,at the Estelle Unit in Huntsville. He was transported from the Beto Unit on May 2, 2020. Offender Davis tested positive for COVID-19 on April 14, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served three years on a 15-year sentence out of Galveston County.

Thomas Weber, 52, died May 11, 2020, at HCA Hospital Conroe. He was transported from the Wynne Unit May 10. Weber tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a possible cause of death. Weber had served 7 years of a 30-year sentence out of Polk County.

May 12, 2020

Anthony Edwards, 52, died May 12, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on April 26, 2020. Offender Edwards tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 24 years of a life sentence out of Harrison County.

Danyel Roshon Sims, 43, died May 12, 2020, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Montford Unit in Lubbock on April 27, 2020. Offender Sims tested positive for COVID-19 on April 24, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 10 years on an 18-year sentence out of Harris County.

Mario Olvera-Vasquez, 75, died May 12, 2020, at a local hospital in Amarillo. He was transported from the Clements Unit in Amarillo on April 16, 2020. Offender Olvera-Vasquez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 16, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served five years on multiple 12-year sentences out of McLennan County.

May 14, 2020

Michael Shane Brown, 59, died May 14, 2020, at a hospital in Tyler. He was transported from the Eastham Unit in Lovelady on May 3, 2020. Offender Brown tested positive for COVID-19 on May 4, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 24 years of a 30-year sentence out of Harris County.

May 15, 2020

Jose Martinez, 67, died May 15, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Clements Unit in Amarillo April 18. Martinez tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. He suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a possible cause of death. Martinez had served 23 years of a life sentence out of Hockley County.

May 16, 2020

William Calahan, 72, died May 16, 2020, at a local hospital in Angleton. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on May 15, 2020. Offender Calahan tested positive for COVID-19 on May 16, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 11 years on a 40-year sentence out of Collin County.

May 19, 2020

David Uhrich, 60, died May 19, 2020. at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota May 13. Uhrich tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. He suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a possible cause of death. Uhrich had served 1 year and 9 months of a 5-year sentence out of Travis County.

May 21, 2020

Charles Ray Martin, 80, died May 21, 2020, at a local hospital in The Woodlands. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on May 13, 2020. Offender Martin tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served three years on a life sentence out of Galveston County.

May 25. 2020

Edward Chandler Hughes Jr., 74, died May 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Jester III Unit in Richmond on May 17, 2020. Offender Hughes tested positive for COVID-19 on May 17, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 48 years on a life sentence out of Dallas County.

Harvey Lee Wendt, 79, died May 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Jester III Unit in Richmond on May 8, 2020. Offender Wendt tested positive for COVID-19 on May 8, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 31 years on a 45-year sentence out of Harris County.

Bernard Ferguson, 60, died May 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Goree Unit May 6. Ferguson tested positive for COVID-19 and the preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus was a contributing cause of death. Ferguson had served 43 years of a life sentence out of Bell County.

Rafael Cruz, 76, died May 25, 2020, at a local hospital in Amarillo. He was transported from the Clements Unit in Amarillo on May 18, 2020. Offender Cruz tested positive for COVID-19 on April 27, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over nine years on an 18-year sentence out of Brazos County.

May 26, 2020

Richard Calvin Gipson, 52, died May 26, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony on May 8, 2020. Offender Gipson tested positive for COVID-19 on May 8, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 14 years on a life sentence out of Smith County.

May 28, 2020

Herman Martinez, 70, died May 28, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit May 12. Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Martinez had served 6 years of a 15-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Cedric Dewayne Lacy, 65, died May 28, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit May 12. Lacy tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Lacy had served nearly 30 years of a 45-year sentence out of Dallas County.

David Brooks, 65, died May 28, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit May 12. Brooks tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Brooks had served 45 years of a life sentence out of Harris County.

Jose Guzman, 61, died May 28, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony on May 19, 2020. Offender Guzman tested positive for COVID-19 on May 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 16 years on a 20-year sentence out of Hidalgo County.

May 30, 2020

Jose Perez, 70, died May 30, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on May 27, 2020. Offender Perez tested positive for COVID-19 on April 29, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 years of a 90-year sentence out of El Paso County.

June 2, 2020

Joe Channel, 62, died June 2, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Gist Unit in Beaumont on May 24, 2020. Offender Channel tested positive for COVID-19 on May 21, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 10 months on a 3-year sentence out of Nacogdoches County.

Nicolas Andres Sanchez, 28, died June 2, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Jester III Unit in Richmond on May 20, 2020. Offender Sanchez tested positive for COVID-19 on May 22, 2020. The preliminary results of an autopsy indicated that COVID-19 was a contributing cause of death. He had served 1 year of a 3-year sentence out of Dallas County.

June 4, 2020

Michael Lynn Sprague, 72, died June 4, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota to a local hospital on May 25, 2020. Offender Sprague tested positive for COVID-19 on May 23, 2020. The preliminary results of an autopsy suggest COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 30 years of a life sentence out of Dallas County.

Antonio Fernandez Ayala, 79, died June 4, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 1, 2020. Offender Ayala tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 3 years on a 15-year sentence out of Johnson County.

Stephen Lewis Smith, 70, died June 4, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony on June 3, 2020. Offender Smith tested positive for COVID-19 on June 4, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 10 years on a life sentence out of Denton County.

June 5, 2020

Isidro Hernandez, 70, died June 5, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit May 28. Hernandez tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the virus as a contributing cause of death. Hernandez had served 16 years of a 50-year sentence out of Bell County.

June 6, 2020

Charles Hart, 71, died June 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit June 2. Hart tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered from pre-existing medical conditions. No autopsy was performed. Hart had served nearly 38 years of a life sentence out of Dallas County.

Roy Lee Bosier, 59, died June 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville to Hospital Galveston on May 14, 2020. Offender Bosier tested positive for COVID-19 on May 10, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 29 years of a 99-year sentence out of Harris County.

Guadalupe Herrera Trevino, 77, died June 6, 2020, at a local hospital in San Antonio. He was transported from the Ney Unit in Hondo on May 23, 2020. Offender Trevino tested positive for COVID-19 on May 23, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over one year on a 3-year sentence out of Taylor County.

June 7, 2020

David Erasmo Garcia, 83, died June 7, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll to Hospital Galveston on June 2, 2020. Offender Garcia tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 25 years of a 30-year sentence for murder out of Dimmit County.

June 8, 2020

Timothy Black, 47, died June 8, 2020, at a local hospital in San Antonio. He was transported from the Ney Unit in Hondo on May 18, 2020. Offender Black tested positive for COVID-19 on May 14, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over three years on a 4-year sentence out of Bowie County.

June 9, 2020

George Bond, 79, died June 9, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 5, 2020. Offender Bond tested positive for COVID-19 June 1, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 2 years on a 15-year sentence out of Titus County.

June 11, 2020

Edward Hawkins Jr., 63, died June 11, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on May 27, 2020. Offender Hawkins tested positive for COVID-19 on June 9, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 16 years on a 45-year sentence out of Galveston County.

June 12, 2020

Florencio Zarate Salas, 62, died June 12, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll to Hospital Galveston on June 10, 2020. Offender Salas tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served eleven years of a 15-year sentence out of Hidalgo County.

Earnest Jones Jr., 62, died June 12, 2020, at a hospital in Bryan. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on June 11, 2020. Offender Jones tested positive for COVID-19 on June 4, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was a contributing cause in his death. He had served 6 years of a 12-year sentence out of Houston County.

June 13, 2020

James Gibson, 65, died June 13, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on May 28, 2020. Offender Gibson tested positive for COVID-19 on May 29, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that he suffered from multiple medical conditions and that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 27 years of a 35-year sentence out of Bexar County.

June 14, 2020

Terry Lee Walls, 67, died June 14, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Jester III Unit in Richmond on June 5, 2020. Offender Walls tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 15 years on a 25-year sentence out of Harris County.

Stephen Allan Fox, 62, died June 14, 2020, at a local hospital in Bryan. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on May 29, 2020. Offender Fox tested positive for COVID-19 on May 23, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 21 years and 6 months on a 99-year sentence out of Palo Pinto County.

June 15, 2020

Jimmy Ray Malone, 76, died June 15, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota to a local hospital on May 31, 2020, and then to Hospital Galveston on June 14, 2020. Offender Malone tested positive for COVID-19 on May 31, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but medical evidence suggests COVID-19 was a contributing cause of death. He had served 1 year and 7 months of a 7-year sentence out of Collin County.

Gerald Earl Gilbert, 69, died June 15, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll to a local hospital on June 5, 2020, and then to Hospital Galveston on June 10, 2020. Offender Gilbert tested positive for COVID-19 on June 6, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 17 years of a 20-year sentence out of Harris County.

Frankie Randall, 63, died June 15, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 10, 2020. Offender Randall tested positive for COVID-19 on June 8, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 14 years and 9 months on a 25-year sentence out of Dallas County.

June 16, 2020

Daniel Turner, 67, died June 16, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 14, 2020. Offender Turner tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 3 years and 6 months on a 25-year sentence out of Comal County.

Daniel Perez Martinez, 71, died June 16, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 9, 2020. Offender Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 on June 8, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 10 years on a 25-year sentence out of Harris County.

James Brewer, 49, died June 16, 2020, at the Jester III Unit in Richmond. Offender Brewer tested positive for COVID-19 on June 2, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly 7 years on a 30-year sentence out of Dallas County.

Lewis Anderson, 55, died June 16, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on June 7, 2020. Offender Anderson tested positive for COVID-19 on June 7, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but medical evidence suggests that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly 24 years on a 40-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

June 18, 2020

Henry Daniel Farr, 71, died June 18, 2020, at the Duncan Unit in Diboll. Offender Farr tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 18 years of a 20-year sentence out of Harris County.

Jesus Rodriguez, 68, died June 18, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on May 30, 2020. Offender Rodriguez tested positive for COVID-19 on May 23, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 3 years on an 8-year sentence out of Bell County.

June 19, 2020

James Robert Sampley, 59, died June 19, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on May 25, 2020. Offender Sampley tested positive for COVID-19 on May 30, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of prior medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 5 years and 9 months on a 15-year sentence out of Eastland County.

Michael Peterson, 72, died June 19, 2020, at a local hospital in Tomball.  He was transported from the Leblanc Unit in Beaumont on May 20, 2020.  Offender Peterson tested positive for COVID-19 on May 20, 2020.  Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death.  He had served 15 years on a 30-year sentence out of Wichita County.

June 20, 2020

Charles Ray Mason, 84, died June 20, 2020, at a local hospital in College Station. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on June 9, 2020. Offender Mason tested positive for COVID-19 on June 9, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but medical evidence suggests that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly 32 years on multiple life sentences out of Dallas County.

June 21, 2020

Tommy Russ Shoefstall, 62, died June 21, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on June 13, 2020. Offender Shoefstall tested positive for COVID-19 on June 8, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but medical evidence suggests that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 25 years on a 60-year sentence out of Clay County.

David Rene Martinez, 61, died June 21, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony to a local hospital on May 22, 2020, and then to Hospital Galveston on June 4, 2020. Offender Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 on May 22, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing cause in his death. He had served 2 years on a 65-year sentence out of Harris County.

June 23, 2020

Martin Lee Stovall, 69, died June 23, 2020, at the Stiles Unit in Beaumont. Offender Stovall tested positive for COVID-19 on June 23, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 31 years on a 99-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

June 24, 2020

James Lee Price, 71, died June 24, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 6, 2020. Offender Price tested positive for COVID-19 on June 7, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing cause in his death. He had served 2 years on a 7-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

Mario Limone Saucedo, 72, died June 24, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on June 2, 2020. Offender Saucedo tested positive for COVID-19 on May 12, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing health conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 17 years on three consecutive 12-year sentences out of Menard County.

June 25, 2020

Alvin Ray Spencer, 65, died June 25, 2020, at the West Texas Hospital in Lubbock.He was transported from the Smith Unit in Lamesa on May 11, 2020. Offender Spencer tested positive for COVID-19 on May 11, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 18 years on a 35-year sentence out of Eastland County.

Baldemar Deleon Jr., 70, died June 25, 2020, at a local hospital in Jacksonville. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 6, 2020. Offender Deleon tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly 14 years on a 50-year sentence out of Collin County.

June 27, 2020

Paul Alexander Casiano, 51, died June 27, 2020, at Hospital Galveston.He was transported from the Dominguez Unit in San Antonio on June 23, 2020. Offender Casiano tested positive for COVID-19. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 1 year on a 6-year sentence out of Kendall County.

June 28, 2020

Raynaldo Perez, 72, died June 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Port Arthur. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on June 28, 2020. Offender Perez tested positive for COVID-19 on June 28, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing cause of death. He had served over 26 years on a 30-year sentence out of Victoria County.

Phillip Daniel Tompkins, 66, died June 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Richmond. He was transported from the Jester III Unit in Richmond on June 19, 2020. Offender Tompkins tested positive for COVID-19 on June 20, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 39 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

Alvin Murray, 71, died June 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Tyler. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 12, 2020. Offender Murray tested positive for COVID-19 on June 8, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 3 years on a 20-year sentence out of Houston County.

June 29, 2020

Gilbert Gomez, 73, died June 29, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 18, 2020. Offender Gomez tested positive for COVID-19 on June 19, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 9 years on a 25-year sentence out of Harris County.

Jose Faide Morones, 70, died June 29, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 9, 2020. Offender Morones tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 15 years on a 25-year sentence out of Harris County.

July 4, 2020

Willie Koehler, 75, died July 4, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on June 26, 2020. Offender Koehler tested positive for COVID-19 on June 27, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 years on a life sentence out of Brazoria County.

July 5, 2020

Larry Larnail Gray, 69, died July 5, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on June 30, 2020. Offender Gray tested positive for COVID-19 on June 26, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly 20 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

July 6, 2020

Juan Torres, 67, died July 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 10, 2020. Offender Torres tested positive for COVID-19 on June 11, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 17 years on a 20-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Jimmy Ray Price, 82, died July 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 17, 2020. Offender Price tested positive for COVID-19 on June 18, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 24 years on a 25-year sentence out of Panola County.

July 10, 2020

Ambrosio Salinas, 79, died July 10, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 14, 2020. Offender Salinas tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 16 years on a 25-year sentence out of Nueces County.

July 12, 2020

Juan Bautista Madrid, 62, died July 12, 2020, at a local hospital in San Antonio. He was transported from the Connally Unit in Kenedy on June 28, 2020. Offender Madrid tested positive for COVID-19 on June 28, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 19 years on a 25-year sentence out of Midland County.

July 13, 2020

Hugo Martinez, 67, died July 13, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on June 21, 2020. Offender Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 15 years on a 20-year sentence out of Guadalupe County.

July 15, 2020

Gilbert Cardenas, 57, died July 15, 2020, at a local hospital in San Antonio. He was transported from the Cotulla Unit in Cotulla on July 7, 2020. Offender Cardenas tested positive for COVID-19 on July 7, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 10 years on a 20-year sentence out of Bexar County.

July 16, 2020

Carl Malone, 59, died July 16, 2020, at a local hospital in Palestine. He was transported from the Coffield Unit in Palestine on July 11, 2020. Offender Malone tested positive for COVID-19 on June 2, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 36 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

John Daniel Evans, 70, died July 16, 2020, at a local hospital in Texas City. He was transported from the Carole Young Facility in Dickinson on July 13, 2020. Offender Evans tested positive for COVID-19 on July 16, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 24 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

July 18, 2020

Vernell Smith, 55, died July 18, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on July 14, 2020. Offender Smith tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 31 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

Billy Gene Allen, 75, died July 18, 2020, at the Carole Young facility in Dickinson. Offender Allen tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 15-year sentence out of Aransas County.

July 19, 2020

Jose Franco Vargas, 77, died July 19, 2020, at a local hospital in Port Arthur. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on June 27, 2020. Offender Vargas tested positive for COVID-19 on June 25, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in additional to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served seven years on a 20-year sentence out of Bexar County.

July 20, 2020

John Preston Creech, 72, died July 20, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on June 24, 2020. Offender Creech tested positive for COVID-19 on June 24, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 years on a life sentence out of Collin County.

July 21, 2020

Ronnie James Sparks, 55, died July 21, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Ramsey Unit in Rosharon on June 30, 2020. Offender Sparks tested positive for COVID-19 on June 29, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 22 years on a 45-year sentence out of Dallas County.

Roderrick Leray Scott, 49, died July 21, 2020, at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony. Offender Scott tested positive for COVID-19 on July 14, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over eight years on a 10-year sentence out of Cooke County.

Greg Davis, 56, died July 21, 2020, at a local hospital in Richmond. He was transported from the Jester IV Unit in Richmond on July 14, 2020. Offender Davis tested positive for COVID-19 on July 13, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 43 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

July 23, 2020

Ignacia Saucedo Garcia, 60, died July 23, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony on July 12, 2020. Offender Garcia tested positive for COVID-19 on July 6, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served one year on a 25-year sentence out of Dallas County.

Miguel Angel Duarte, 63, died July 23, 2020, at a local hospital in Tyler. He was transported from the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony on July 15, 2020. Offender Duarte tested positive for COVID-19 on July 2, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 34 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

James Johnson, 50, died July 23, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Vance Unit in Richmond on July 8, 2020. Offender Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 on July 7, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 13 years on a 25-year sentence out of Nueces County.

July 25, 2020

Dennis Lynn Lowry, 72, died July 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Ramsey Unit in Rosharon on July 13, 2020. Offender Lowry tested positive for COVID-19 on July 7, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 15 years on a 20-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

Osa Alohanaeke, 56, died July 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Polunsky Unit in Livingston on July 12, 2020. Offender Alohanaeke tested positive for COVID-19 on July 25, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served five years on a 40 year sentence out of Fort Bend County.

Justin McKinley, 58, died July 26, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Dominguez Unit in San Antonio on July 5, 2020. Offender McKinley tested positive for COVID-19 on June 25, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served two years on a 10-year sentence out of Travis County.

Joe Earl Thomas, 70, died July 25, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on July 20, 2020. Offender Thomas tested positive for COVID-19 on June 26, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 31 years on a life sentence out of Victoria County.

July 26, 2020

Ray Charles Walker, 53, died July 26, 2020, at a local hospital in Palestine. He was transported from the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony on July 24, 2020. Offender Walker tested positive for COVID-19 on July 26, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over nine years on multiple 20-year and 25-year sentences out of Bowie County.

Juan Manuele Alonzo, 56, died July 26, 2020, at a local hospital in San Antonio. He was transported from the Dominguez Unit in San Antonio on July 11, 2020. Offender Alonzo tested positive for COVID-19 on July 11, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 2 years on a 10-year sentence out of Bexar County.

July 27, 2020

David Hernandez, 57, died July 27, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on July 18, 2020. Offender Hernandez tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 15 years on a 45-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Gilbert Gonzales, 67, died July 27, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Pack Unit in Navasota on July 18, 2020. Offender Gonzales tested positive for COVID-19 on June 19, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 10 years on a 13-year sentence out of Fort Bend County.

Richard Vara Pina, 62, died July 27, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on July 13, 2020. Offender Pina tested positive for COVID-19 on July 14, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly four years on a 30 year sentence out of Guadalupe County.

July 28, 2020

Jose Garcia Briseno, 63, died July 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Port Arthur. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on July 10, 2020. Offender Briseno tested positive for COVID-19 on July 7, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served seven years on multiple life sentences out of Dimmit and Webb Counties.

Sherman Albert Davis, 63, died July 28, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on July 23, 2020. Offender Davis tested positive for COVID-19 on July 20, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served 25 years on multiple life sentences out of Harris County.

July 29, 2020

Annie Mae Smith, 77, died July 29, 2020, at the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson, where she was assigned. Offender Smith tested positive for COVID-19 on July 14, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in her death. She had served 23 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

July 30, 2020

Gustavo Coronado, 66, died July 30, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Gist Unit in Beaumont on June 25, 2020. Offender Coronado tested positive for COVID-19 on June 22, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over four years on an 8-year sentence out of McLennan County.

Fernando Garcia, 59, died July 30, 2020, at a local hospital in Paris. He was transported from the Cole Unit in Bonham on July 7, 2020. Offender Garcia tested positive for COVID-19 on July 3, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over eight years on three stacked life sentences out of Dallas County.

July 31, 2020

Jose Garza, 67, died July 31, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Cotulla Unit in Cotulla on July 1, 2020. Offender Garza tested positive for COVID-19 on July 1, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 15 years on a 60-year sentence out of DeWitt County.

Bobby Neil Anderson, 70, died July 31, 2020, at a local hospital in Texas City. He was transported from the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson on July 23, 2020. Offender Anderson tested positive for COVID-19 on July 17, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served nearly five years on a 5-year sentence out of Bee County.

Charles Sidney Robinson, 75, died July 31, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on July 30, 2020. Offender Robinson tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 22 years on multiple consecutive sentences out of Johnson County.

August 1, 2020

Michael Wesley Searcy, 64, died August 1, 2020, at a local hospital in Port Arthur. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on July 14, 2020. Offender Searcy tested positive for COVID-19 on August 1, 2020. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was a contributing factor in his death. He had served over 14 years on a 60-year sentence out of Marion County.

Tony Miller, 51, died August 1, 2020, at a local hospital in Brownwood. He was transported from the Havins Unit in Brownwood on July 31, 2020. Offender Miller tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 27 years on a life sentence out of Dallas County.

August 4, 2020

Mario Tavitas, 39, died August 4, 2020, at a local hospital in Beeville. He was transported from the McConnell Unit in Beeville on August 3, 2020. Offender Tavitas tested positive for COVID-19 on August 3, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 3 years on a 20-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Robert Dwayne Hudson, 39, died August 4, 2020, at a local hospital in Houston. He was transported from the Diboll Unit on August 1, 2020. Offender Hudson tested positive for COVID-19 on August 1, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly two years on a three-year sentence out of Tom Green County.

August 5, 2020

Daniel Campos, 45, died August 5, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the McConnell Unit in Beeville on July 23, 2020. Offender Campos tested positive for COVID-19 on August 5, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 65-year sentence out of Nueces County.

Jacinto Salinse Cortez, 70, died August 5, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Cotulla Unit in Cotulla on July 13, 2020. Offender Cortez tested positive for COVID-19 on July 13, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 13 years on a 50-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

August 6, 2020

Fernando Pena, 66, died August 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on July 28, 2020. Offender Pena tested positive for COVID-19 on July 29, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served four years on an 8-year sentence out of Hale County.

August 8, 2020

Tommy Lee Freeman, 67, died August 8, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony on July 22, 2020. Offender Freeman tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 34 years on a life sentence out of Limestone County.

August 9, 2020

Gene Brown, 66, died August 9, 2020, at a local hospital in Edinburg. He was transported from the Segovia Unit in Edinburg on July 22, 2020. Offender Brown tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 15-year sentence out of Harris County.

August 11, 2020

Clifford Lee Lewis, 58, died August 11, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony on July 26, 2020. Offender Lewis tested positive for COVID-19 on August 11, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 18 years on a 45-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Darrell Richard Chabaud Jr., 46, died August 11, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. Offender Hudson tested positive for COVID-19 on July 16, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over five years on a 10-year sentence out of Orange County.

August 13, 2020

Valentin Lopez Gonzalez, 58, died August 11, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony on July 26, 2020. Offender Lewis tested positive for COVID-19 on August 11, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 18 years on a 45-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Karl Patrick Houlditch,61, died August 13, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the McConnell Unit in Beeville on July 24, 2020. Offender Houlditch tested positive for COVID-19 on July 24, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 2 years on multiple 8-year sentences out of Harrison County.

August 14, 2020

Ramon Castillo, 59, died August 14, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Hodge Unit in Rusk on July 6, 2020. Offender Castillo tested positive for COVID-19 on July 6, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 20 years on a 25-year sentence out of Bexar County.

August 15, 2020

Mac Arthur Smith, 73, died August 15, 2020, at a local hospital in Tyler. He was transported from the East Texas Treatment Facility in Henderson on August 5, 2020. Offender Smith tested positive for COVID-19 on August 5, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served two years on a four-year sentence out of Smith County.

August 16, 2020

John Henry Jackson, 64, died August 16, 2020, at a local hospital in Edinburg. He was transported from the Segovia Unit in Edinburg on July 27, 2020. Offender Jackson tested positive for COVID-19 on July 27, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 22 years on a 25-year sentence out of Dallas County.

August 17, 2020

Raymond Lonzo Kirbie, 65, died August 17, 2020, at a local hospital in Wichita Falls. He was transported from the Lindsey State Jail in Jacksboro on August 2, 2020. Offender Kirbie tested positive for COVID-19 on August 2, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 10 months on a 5-year sentence out of Henderson County.

August 18, 2020

Francis Devassy Puther, 73, died August 18, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Segovia Unit in Edinburg on July 21, 2020. Offender Puther tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served one year on a 2-year sentence out of Collin County.

Sam Terrel, 60, died August 18, 2020, at the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson. Offender Terrel tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 29 years on multiple life sentences out of Bexar County.

August 19, 2020

Deborah Lynn Pieringer, 67, died August 19, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. She was transported from the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson on July 29, 2020. Offender Pieringer tested positive for COVID-19 on July 23, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of her death. She had served 18 years on a life sentence out of Tarrant County.

Nathaniel Washington, 56, died August 19, 2020, at a local hospital. He was transported from the Hughes Unit in Gatesville on August 16, 2020. Offender Washington tested positive for COVID-19 on August 16, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to a number of pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over seven years on a 99-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

Drew Wayne Odom, 53, died August 19, 2020, at a local hospital in Humble. He was transported from the Lychner Unit in Humble on July 28, 2020. Offender Odom tested positive for COVID-19 on July 28, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 2 years on a 25-year sentence out of Montgomery County.

August 20, 2020

Rolston Lockett, 52, died August 20, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Cotulla Unit in Cotulla on July 9, 2020. Offender Lockett tested positive for COVID-19 on July 8, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 years on a 20-year sentence out of Bowie County.

Joseph Mendoza, 54, died August 20, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Leblanc Unit in Beaumont on August 18, 2020. Offender Mendoza tested positive for COVID-19. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 4 years on an 18-year sentence out of Bexar County.

August 21, 2020

Victor Cantu, 72, died August 21, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Cotulla Unit in Cotulla on July 6, 2020. Offender Cantu tested positive for COVID-19 on July 6, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 45 years on a 60-year sentence out of Terry County.

August 22, 2020

Albino Rodriguez Martinez, 68, died August 22, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on July 25, 2020. Offender Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 on June 21, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over eight years on a 21-year sentence out of Pecos County.

August 25, 2020

Ricardo Maldonado, 63, died August 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the McConnell Unit in Beeville on July 25, 2020. Offender Maldonado tested positive for COVID-19 on July 25, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 22 years on a 40-year sentence out of Wilson County.

Stephen Bentford McRae, 52, died August 25, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Wynne Unit in Huntsville on August 14, 2020. Offender McRae tested positive for COVID-19 on August 14, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served seven months on a 2-year sentence out of Navarro County.

August 27, 2020

Christopher Brown, 42, died August 27, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on August 13, 2020. Offender Brown tested positive for COVID-19 on August 11, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 10 years on a 99-year sentence out of Jefferson County.

August 28, 2020

Sylvia Ortiz, 52, died August 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Texas City. She was transported from the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson on August 16, 2020. Offender Ortiz tested positive for COVID-19 on August 14, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of her death. She had served 9 years on a 10-year sentence out of Dawson County.

Ruben Magana, 58, died August 28, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Connally Unit in Kenedy on July 29, 2020. Offender Magana tested positive for COVID-19 on August 12, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 17 years on an 40-year sentence out of Guadalupe County.

Rogelio Paiz, 68, died August 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Conroe. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on August 4, 2020. Offender Paiz tested positive for COVID-19 on July 29, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 27 years on an 35-year sentence out of Wilson County.

Ralph Orosco, 47, died August 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Wichita Falls. He was transported from the Allred Unit in Iowa Park on August 12, 2020. Offender Orosco tested positive for COVID-19 on August 7, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 13 years on a 70-year sentence out of Bexar County.

August 31, 2020

Jesus Sandoval, 68, died August 31, 2020, at a local hospital in Wichita Falls. He was transported from the Allred Unit in Iowa Park on August 30, 2020. Offender Sandoval tested positive for COVID-19 on August 28, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 years on a 25-year sentence out of Dallas County.

September 3, 2020

Johnny Collins, 65, died September 3, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on August 24, 2020. Offender Collins tested positive for COVID-19 on August 24, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 29 years on a 43-year sentence out of Harris County.

Edgardo Sanchez, 53, died September 3, 2020, at the McConnell Unit. Offender Sanchez tested positive for COVID-19 on July 30, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 16 years on a life sentence out of Smith County.

September 7, 2020

Clifford Danny Wright, 49, died September 7, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the East Texas Treatment Facility in Henderson on September 1, 2020. Offender Wright tested positive for COVID-19 on September 7, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine months on a probation term out of Grayson County.

September 8, 2020

Sherby Lee Fletcher, 63, died September 8, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Ellis Unit in Huntsville on August 11, 2020. Offender Fletcher tested positive for COVID-19 on August 5, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 29 years on a 99-year sentence out of Matagorda County.

September 11, 2020

Gloria Proo, 55, died September 11, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. She was transported from the Crain Unit in Gatesville on August 29, 2020. Offender Proo tested positive for COVID-19 on August 29, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of her death. She had served three years on an 88-year sentence out of Bexar County.

Amador Toledo Flores, 79, died September 11, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Powledge Unit in Palestine on August 22, 2020. Offender Flores tested positive for COVID-19 on August 18, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served seven years on a 15-year sentence out of Smith County.

September 14, 2020

Ray Caballero Tapia, 74, died September 14, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Powledge Unit in Palestine on September 6, 2020. Offender Tapia tested positive for COVID-19 on September 4, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served three years on a 6-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

September 15, 2020

Agustine Cabral, 53, died September 15, 2020, at the Smith Unit in Lamesa. Offender Cabral tested positive for COVID-19 on September 15, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 18 years on a 50-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

September 17, 2020

Melvin Leroy Taylor, 70, died September 17, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Garza West Unit in Beeville on August 28, 2020. Offender Taylor tested positive for COVID-19 on August 29, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served thirty years on a 40-year sentence out of Bexar County.

September 19, 2020

Jimmy Bruce Edwards, 51, died September 19, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Terrell Unit in Rosharon on September 8, 2020. Offender Edwards tested positive for COVID-19 on July 5, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 18 years on a 25-year sentence out of Jefferson County.

September 21, 2020

Joseph David Kayne, 73, died September 21, 2020, at a local hospital in Wichita Falls. He was transported from the Allred Unit in Iowa Park on September 10, 2020. Offender Kayne tested positive for COVID-19 on September 8, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 12 years on a life sentence out of Hood County.

September 24, 2020

Oscar Villareal, 60, died September 24, 2020, at a local hospital in Henderson. He was transported from the East Texas Treatment Facility on September 21, 2020. Offender Villareal tested positive for COVID-19 on September 23, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 20-year sentence out of Harris County.

September 25, 2020

Shahid Karriem Ansari III, 28, died September 25, 2020, at a local hospital in Lufkin. He was transported from the Diboll Unit in Diboll on September 9, 2020. Offender Ansari tested positive for COVID-19 on September 3, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 6 years on a 7-year sentence out of Hunt County.

October 2. 2020

Jaime Escamilla Hernandez, 71, died October 2, 2020, at the Estelle Unit in Huntsville. Offender Hernandez tested positive for COVID-19 on September 25, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 23 years on a 25-year sentence out of Potter County.

October 6, 2020

Dana Shoemaker, 44, died October 6, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. She was transported from the Plane State Jail in Dayton on August 19, 2020. Offender Shoemaker tested positive for COVID-19 on August 18, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of her death. She had served nearly 2 years on a 3-year sentence out of Montgomery County.

October 8, 2020

Robert Deblanc Jr., 63, died October 8, 2020, at a local hospital in Huntsville. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on October 6, 2020. Offender Deblanc tested positive for COVID-19 on October 6, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 30 years on a life sentence out of Liberty County.

October 13, 2020

Ruben Navarro, 59, died October 13, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Hightower Unit in Dayton on September 9, 2020. Offender Navarro tested positive for COVID-19 on September 3, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 16 years on a 30-year sentence out of Dallas County.

Brent Dwayne Sloan, 65, died October 13, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Jester IV Unit in Richmond on October 12, 2020. Offender Sloan tested positive for COVID-19 on October 13, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served three years on a 12-year sentence out of Harris County.

October 14, 2020

Sergio Compean, 32, died October 14, 2020, at a local hospital in Brownsville. He was transported from the Willacy Unit in Raymondville on October 10, 2020. Offender Compean tested positive for COVID-19 on October 11, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly 2 years on a 14-year sentence out of Harris County.

October 15, 2020

Howard Weldon Smith, 79, died October 15, 2020, at the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony. He was assigned to the Estelle Unit in Huntsville when he tested positive for COVID-19 on April 21, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 35 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

October 31, 2020

Quentin Dwight Dawson, 40, died October 31, 2020, at the Robertson Unit in Abilene. Offender Dawson tested positive for COVID-19 on October 31, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served five years on a 15-year sentence out of Dallas County.

November 1, 2020

Ashley Rodriguez, 32, died November 1, 2020, at a local hospital in Temple. She was transported from the Hobby Unit in Marlin on September 19, 2020. Offender Rodriguez tested positive for COVID-19 on September 19, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of her death. She had served six years on a 75-year sentence out of Nueces County.

November 6, 2020

Terry Russell Anderson, 60, died November 6, 2020, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Smith Unit in Lamesa to the Montford Unit on October 29, 2020. Offender Anderson tested positive for COVID-19 on October 27, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 19 years on a 48-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

November 11, 2020

Adan Garcia, 68, died November 11, 2020, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Smith Unit in Lamesa on October 29, 2020. Offender Garcia tested positive for COVID-19 on October 29, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 15 years on a 25-year sentence out of Fort Bend County.

November 14, 2020

Johnny Flores, 39, died November 14, 2020, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on November 6, 2020. Offender Flores tested positive for COVID-19 on October 5, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served three years on a 30-year sentence out of Travis County.

November 16, 2020

Anthony Torres, 63, died November 16, 2020, at the Montford Unit in Lubbock. Offender Torres tested positive for COVID-19 on October 21, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 25 years on a life sentence out of Bexar County.

November 18, 2020

Jesus Carmona, 64, died November 18, 2020, at the Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony. Offender Carmona tested positive for COVID-19 on May 14, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nearly five years on an 8-year sentence out of Hidalgo County.

November 22, 2020

Bobby Lee Blanton, 75, died November 22, 2020, at a local hospital in Huntsville. He was transported from the Estelle Unit on November 18, 2020. Offender Blanton tested positive for COVID-19 on November 19, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 11 years on multiple life sentences out of Smith County.

November 27, 2020

Gary Lynne Greene, 65, died November 27, 2020, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Rudd Unit in Brownfield on November 16, 2020. Offender Greene tested positive for COVID-19 on November 12, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 12 years on a 35-year sentence out of Grayson County.

Martin Ewald, 70, died November 27, 2020, at a local hospital in Amarillo. He was transported from the Clements Unit on November 7, 2020. Offender Ewald tested positive for COVID-19 on November 2, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 30-year sentence out of Bexar County.

November 28, 2020

Steven Lewis Blanchard, 73, died November 28, 2020, at a local hospital in Palestine. He was transported from the Beto Unit on November 24, 2020. Offender Blanchard tested positive for COVID-19 on October 29, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 24 years on a 30-year sentence out of Harris County.

December 1, 2020

Lewis Wayne Bushong, 75, died December 1, 2020, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Montford Unit on November 18, 2020. Offender Bushong tested positive for COVID-19 on November 13, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 17 years on a 20-year sentence out of Harris County.

December 15, 2020

Miguel Fuentes, 71, died December 15, 2020, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Rudd Unit in Brownfield on November 15, 2020. Offender Fuentes tested positive for COVID-19 on November 15, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 17 years on an 18-year sentence out of El Paso County.

December 18, 2020

Joe Middleton, 55, died December 18, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Memorial Unit (formerly Darrington) in Rosharon on December 14, 2020. Offender Middleton tested positive for COVID-19 on December 9, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 16 years on a 40-year sentence out of Travis County.

December 19, 2020

Walter James Daniel, 37, died December 19, 2020, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on November 12, 2020. Offender Daniel tested positive for COVID-19 on November 12, 2020. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served seven years on a 15-year sentence out of Harris County.

January 3, 2021

Willie Jackson, 59, died January 3, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Cole State Jail in Bonham on November 30, 2020. Offender Jackson tested positive for COVID-19 on November 30, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 19 years on a 40-year sentence out of Smith County.

January 14, 2021

Frederick Eugene Whittle, 75, died January 14, 2021, at a local hospital in Lubbock. Offender Whittle tested positive for COVID-19 on December 23, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served two years on a 10-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

January 15, 2021

James Clayton Brooks, 59, died January 15, 2021, at a local hospital in Lubbock. He was transported from the Smith Unit in Lamesa on January 7, 2021. Offender Brooks tested positive for COVID-19 on January 8, 2021. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served over 2 years on a 10-year sentence out of Chambers County.

January 18, 2021

Betty Easley, 72, died January 18, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. She was transferred from the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville on January 14, 2021. Offender Easley tested positive for COVID-19 on January 14, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of her death. She had served 24 years on a life sentence out of Marion County.

January 19, 2021

Paul Wayne Leone, 69, died January 19, 2021, at a local hospital in Wichita Falls. He was transported from the Allred Unit in Iowa Park on January 3, 2021. Offender Leone tested positive for COVID-19 on January 1, 2021. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 25 years on a life sentence out of Harris County.

Johannes Foster, 57, died January 19, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transferred from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on October 29, 2020. Offender Foster tested positive for COVID-19 on October 20, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over one year on a seven-year sentence out of Collin County.

Johnny Cason, 62, died January 19, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Powledge Unit in Palestine on December 30, 2020. Offender Cason tested positive for COVID-19 on December 28, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 26 years on a 50-year sentence out of Montague County.

January 24, 2021

Clifford Dale Offutt, 61, died January 24, 2021, at the Smith Unit in Lamesa. Offender Offutt tested positive for COVID-19 on January 24, 2021. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 24 years on a 75-year sentence out of Tarrant County.

January 31, 2021

Russell Detwiler, 78, died January 31, 2021 at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Duncan Unit in Diboll on January 13, 2021. Offender Detwiler tested positive for COVID-19 on January 20, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served two years on two five-year sentences out of Clay and Wichita Counties.

February 5, 2021

Charles Whitmire, 51, died February 5, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on February 3, 2021. Offender Whitmire tested positive for COVID-19 on December 15, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served seven months on a two-year sentence out of Harris County.

Don Martinez, 54, died February 5, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony on January 3, 2021. Offender Martinez tested positive for COVID-19 on December 31, 2020. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 37 years on a life sentence out of Dallas County.

February 6, 2021

Jorge Villanueva, 66, died February 6, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Polunsky Unit in Livingston on January 12, 2021. Offender Villanueva tested positive for COVID-19 on January 19, 2021. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 25 years on a death sentence out of Harris County.

Danny Bussell, 66, died February 6, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Scott Unit (formerly Jester IV) in Richmond on January 29, 2021. Offender Bussell tested positive for COVID-19 on January 29, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served five years on a 20-year sentence out of Smith County.

February 7, 2021

Gary Senigal, 56, died February 7, 2021, at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Lewis Unit in Woodville on January 28, 2021. Offender Senigal tested positive for COVID-19 on January 25, 2021. Final autopsy results indicate that in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, COVID-19 was the immediate cause of his death. He had served 16 years on a life sentence out of Jefferson County.

February 15, 2021

Roy Smith, 62, died February 15, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Scott Unit (formerly Jester IV) in Richmond on January 29, 2021. Offender Smith tested positive for COVID-19 on January 28, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served 15 years on a 60-year sentence out of Liberty County.

Sherry Renea Willeford, 59, died February 15, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. She was transported from the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville on February 4, 2021. Offender Willeford tested positive for COVID-19 on January 29, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of her death. She had served four years on a 20-year sentence out of Comal County.

March 3, 2021

Enrique Santa Cruz, 61, died March 3, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Ellis Unit in Huntsville on February 17, 2021. Offender Santa Cruz tested positive for COVID-19 on February 5, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served nine years on a 25-year sentence out of Bexar County.

April 11, 2021

Joe Eddie Alejandro, 53, died April 11, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Estelle Unit in Huntsville on March 16, 2021. Offender Alejandro tested positive for COVID-19 on March 16, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served seven years on a 30-year sentence out of Montgomery County.

August 25, 2021

Richard Owen Medelez, 59, died August 25, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the East Texas Treatment Facility in Henderson on August 18, 2021. Offender Medelez tested positive for COVID-19 on August 19, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death.

August 26, 2021

Rene Cantu, 60, died August 26, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Hughes Unit in Gatesville on August 6, 2021. Offender Cantu tested positive for COVID-19 on August 5, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served one year on a two-year sentence out of Brazoria County.

September 1, 2021

William Davis, 48, died September 1, 2021, at the Montford unit in Lubbock. Offender Davis tested positive for COVID-19 on August 31, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over nineteen years on a life sentence out of Tarrant County.

September 19, 2021

Tim Gerostathos, 76, died September 19, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Leblanc Unit in Beaumont on August 25, 2021. Offender Gerostathos tested positive for COVID-19 on August 26, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served four months on a two-year sentence out of Montgomery County.

October 6, 2021

Alexander Gregory, 65, died October 6, 2021, at Hospital Galveston. He was transported from the Stiles Unit in Beaumont on September 22, 2021. Offender Gregory tested positive for COVID-19 on September 22, 2021. There was no autopsy conducted, but based on a mortality review by a team of physicians, COVID-19 was determined to be the immediate cause of his death. He had served over four years on a 25-year sentence out of Wichita County.