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Revision as of 09:46, 9 July 2026
Leo Cruz-Silva
1 — suicide (found with a sheet tied around neck)Killed
Key sources
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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