Overview
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Jared James Dicus died on Jan. 16 at the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady, Texas.
- A state death report states he was found hanging in his single-occupancy cell; staff attempted life-saving measures and EMS pronounced him dead just before 11 p.m.
- Dicus, 24, was serving a 40-year sentence under a plea agreement and was not eligible for parole until 2043.
- He pleaded guilty in 2024 to the January 2023 murder of his wife, 21-year-old Anggy Diaz, which deputies described as a gruesome scene.
- Authorities previously said the couple lived in a cabin behind his parents’ home, the parents called 911 after his statement, and prior disturbance calls had been documented.