Parents grieve loss of son who died in chains at Santa Rita; sheriff's office moves to fire lieutenant
His parents, Jose Jaime and Gabriala Covarruvias, have filed a federal civil lawsuit against the Alameda County Sheriff's Department for wrongful death.
Body cam footage in Santa Rita jail undercuts deputies' claims about 20-year-old inmate's death
The videos appear to contradict the sheriff’s narrative that Christian Madrigal was violent and needed to be restrained.
Alameda County DA finds no criminal wrongdoing with Fremont man's suicide in Santa Rita
The DA said that she did not find it unreasonable that Christian Madrigal was chained to the door by his ankles, but she did find it "concerning" that he was left there unattended to a "fixed object," and these methods do not demonstrate "best practices."
Fremont 20-year-old chained to Santa Rita Jail door with leg irons, cuffs: coroner's report
Absent from these documents is any body camera footage to provide evidence of what occurred to Christian Madrigal last summer.