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{{Infobox incident
| title              = Leo Cruz-Silva
| date               = 2025-10-04
| city               =
| county             =
| state              = Missouri
| country            = United States
| location_detail    = Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center, Ste. Genevieve, MO
| facility           =
| agencies           = ICE
| operation_type     = Death in immigration detention / custody
| status             = Missouri State Highway Patrol investigating; 2nd Missouri ICE suicide in months.
| people_affected    = 1
| injuries           =
| deaths             = 1 — suicide (found with a sheet tied around neck)
| agents_involved    = 
| vehicles_involved  =
| verification       = source confidence: high
| key_sources        =
* [https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-10-09/missouri-ice-detention-death-leo-cruz-silva KCUR]
* [https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2025-10-09/missouri-ste-genevieve-ice-immigration-death St. Louis Public Radio]
}}

'''Leo Cruz-Silva''' (34, Mexico) died on 2025-10-04 while in the custody of ICE, in Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center, Ste. Genevieve, MO. Arrested Sept 30 for public intoxication, transferred to ICE; had an acute mental-health crisis and was prescribed antipsychotics days before death.

== What is known ==
* '''Person:''' Leo Cruz-Silva, age 34; Mexico.
* '''Date:''' 2025-10-04.
* '''Location:''' Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center, Ste. Genevieve, MO.
* '''Agency:''' ICE.
* '''Reported cause:''' suicide (found with a sheet tied around neck).
* '''Circumstance:''' Arrested Sept 30 for public intoxication, transferred to ICE; had an acute mental-health crisis and was prescribed antipsychotics days before death.
* '''Official account:''' ICE reported an apparent/likely suicide.
* '''Status:''' Missouri State Highway Patrol investigating; 2nd Missouri ICE suicide in months.

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== See also ==
* [[:Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement]]
* [[:Category:Deaths in immigration detention]]

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