ODESSA, Texas — The City of Odessa has given an update on the in-custody death on Dec. 22.
Odessa police have identified the deceased woman as 50-year-old Teresa Garcia.
Next of kin has been notified.
Since the investigation by the Texas Rangers is on-going, the City of Odessa was only able to release this information.
According to the City of Odessa, as per the Code of Criminal Procedure 49.18(b), OPD will file a report with the Attorney General's office regarding this incident.
This is the code OPD is referring to:
"If a person dies while in the custody of a peace officer or as a result of a peace officer's use of force or if a person incarcerated in a jail, correctional facility, or state juvenile facility dies, the director of the law enforcement agency of which the officer is a member or of the facility in which the person was incarcerated shall investigate the death and file a written report of the cause of death with the attorney general no later than the 30th day after the date on which the person in custody or the incarcerated person died. The director shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to the death and include those facts in the report. The attorney general shall make the report, with the exception of any portion of the report that the attorney general determines is privileged, available to any interested person."
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