A death inside the Bexar County jail has left one family devastated, but many others said they understand their pain.

Dimitri Lira, 33, died Monday morning while in custody. It was the ninth death so far this year at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said it happened because of a “medical episode.” Lira’s family felt like they were left in the dark, they told KSAT on Wednesday.

“I need closure,” Oralia Sandoval, Lira’s mother, said on Wednesday. “I don’t have answers to my questions.”

Lydia Leos watched that story, and had flashbacks to her own son’s death.

“It broke me,” she said. “I saw myself doing the same interview five years ago, almost five years to the day.”

Leos’s son, Julian Dena, died in 2020. His family decided to take him off life

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