SAN ANTONIO – A 49-year-old inmate died Saturday afternoon after spending nearly a month in the hospital, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
Juan Plata Peña, Jr. died around 3 p.m. at a local hospital, BCSO said, following complications from a medical condition.
Peña was arrested on April 22 for online solicitation of a minor, the sheriff’s office said, but was in the hospital since Dec. 4.
He was transferred to the Burnet County Jail on Nov. 4, BCSO said, but was transported to a hospital twice after becoming ill.
Following his second hospital visit on Dec. 4, the release said that the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office brought Peña to a San Antonio-area hospital for specialized medical treatment.
The Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office is conducting the death investigation.
The medical complication, nor any additional information was made available.
This appears to be the first Bexar County inmate death of 2026, per a KSAT Investigates analysis.
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