| Board of Inquiry Report, Tallahasee, Florida Ángel Rodríguez Cristóbal, Register Number 00102-069, was born on April 2, 1946, and at the time of his commitment was a resident of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Mr. Cristóbal was arrested on May 19, 1979 for Entering U.S. Navy Property without Proper Authorization, in Violation of Title 18, U.S.C., 1382. Shortly after his arrest, Mr. Cristóbal was released on a $500 unsecured bond. He remained at liberty until sentenced on September 26, 1979 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico by the Honorable Juan R. Torruella to a term o 6 months. A fine of $500 was also imposed. On November 10, 1979, correctional center officer, Raymond Beiro, who was assigned to the Special Housing Unit, specifically recalled making a tour of the unit toward the end of his watch and remembers that between 11:00 and 11:20 p.m. Mr. Cristóbal was lying on his bunk. On November 11, 1979, at 12:06 a.m., Sunday, November 11, 1979 the morning watch cellhouse officer, Mr. Louis Franklin, while making his midnight count, came upon Mr. Cristóbal hanging by his neck in Cell A-3. … A bedsheet was tied to the top cross bar on the front of Mr. Cristóbal’s cell and the distance from the top of the sheet to his neck was about 1 - 1 1/2 feet. The sheet was knotted where it circled his neck. Mr. Cristóbal’s feet were touching the floor, slightly bent at the knees, and facing outwards.… The physician’s assistant noted that there
was blood on the outer corner of the lower bunk at the rear of the
cell and blood stains on the floor just below that spot.… |