ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — An inmate at the Ector County Jail has died.
According to the Ector County Sheriff's Office, Antonio Villa Mendoza, Jr., 65 was found unresponsive the evening of January 31.
ECSO says he appeared to have hung himself behind a commode partition.
Jail staff started CPR before he was taken to the Emergency Room at Medical Center Hospital. He was pronounced dead at 1:03 a.m. on February 1.
The Texas Rangers are conducting an investigation and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has been notified.
ECSO says the body has been sent to Tarrant County for an autopsy.