Death of Brayan Garzon-Rayo in ICE custody
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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