Death by Cop  2021-2025

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Brayan Rayo-Garzon

Gender : Male

Age : 27

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 04/08/2025

Location : Phelps County Jail

City : Rolla

County : Phelps

State : Missouri

Agency : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Died in ICE custody

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On April 7, 2025, 27-year-old Colombian national Brayan Rayo-Garzon was found unresponsive in his cell at Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri. He was transported to Phelps Health Hospital and subsequently airlifted to Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, where he was declared brain dead on April 8. The Phelps County Coroner confirmed his death as a suicide. Rayo-Garzon had been in ICE custody since March 25, following an arrest for credit card fraud in St. Louis.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/missouri-man-dies-in-ice-custody-jail-arrested-in-st-louis/63-f9ea736e-b9ec-46fc-b359-06e74ddd26c6
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/colombian-national-dies-after-being-found-unresponsive-ice-custody-phelps-county-jail
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/colombian-national-in-phelps-county-jail-dies-by-suicide-coroner-confirms
https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2025-04-25/st-louis-police-brayan-garzon-rayo-ice-immigration-dead