Death of Brayan Garzon-Rayo in ICE custody

Brayan Garzon-Rayo

1 — suicide by hangingKilled

Date

2025-04-08

State

Missouri

Location

Phelps County Jail, Rolla, MO (died at Mercy South Hospital, St. Louis)

Agencies

ICE

Operation

Death in immigration detention / custody

Status

Autopsy ruled suicide; Colombia's president publicly condemned the U.S.

Verification

source confidence: high

Key sources

• St. Louis Public Radio
• PBS NewsHour

Brayan Garzon-Rayo (27, Colombia) died on 2025-04-08 while in the custody of ICE, in Phelps County Jail, Rolla, MO (died at Mercy South Hospital, St. Louis). Found unresponsive Apr 7 with a blanket around his neck on his 4th day in COVID isolation; a mental-health evaluation had been rescheduled twice and never done.

What is known

• Person: Brayan Garzon-Rayo, age 27; Colombia.
• Date: 2025-04-08.
• Location: Phelps County Jail, Rolla, MO (died at Mercy South Hospital, St. Louis).
• Agency: ICE.
• Reported cause: suicide by hanging.
• Circumstance: Found unresponsive Apr 7 with a blanket around his neck on his 4th day in COVID isolation; a mental-health evaluation had been rescheduled twice and never done.
• Official account: ICE reporting; death report acknowledged he did not receive mental-health care.
• Status: Autopsy ruled suicide; Colombia's president publicly condemned the U.S.

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See also

• Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement
• Category:Deaths in immigration detention

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