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A man died while in custody at the Downtown Detention Center on Sunday, the announced.
The man, identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner as 44-year-old Gabriel Apodaca, was found unresponsive in a housing unit at about 2 p.m. He was taken to the , where he was pronounced dead, according to the sheriff’s news release.
Apodca’s cause and manner of death remain under investigation.
Updated 9:31 a.m., Aug. 13, 2026: This story was updated to include the name of the man who died.
