Oralia Sandoval said she never got to say goodbye to her son, who died in the Bexar County jail.

“I need closure,” she said. “I don’t have answers to my questions.”

Dimitri Lira, 33, died Monday morning while in custody. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said it happened because of a “medical episode.” His family said they’ve been left in the dark about what happened.

“When people have loved ones that go to jail, your thought is not that … they’re going to die there,” Dimitri Lira’s sister, Vanessa Sandoval, said.

KSAT called the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday night. Dimitri’s cause of death is still being investigated.

Dimitri had been in jail since late July. San Antonio police arrested him for assault of a family member.

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