David Beebe is the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1. He explains how the request for county personnel to pronounce Scalia dead - first fell to Juanita Bishop, the J.P. for Precinct 2.
Beebe said, ‘The other justice of the peace from the County who covers the area of Cibolo Creek Ranch, where the dead body was found, called me to see if I could cover for her area, because she was out of town. I was on my way to the candidate forum in Alpine, so I said “Well, no, I’m already busy.” So she said “Alright I’ll handle it later.” At that point she apparently contacted County judge Cinderella Guevara, who’s able to do these inquests when we are not.’
Judge Guevara was also busy - but she DID handle the inquest - over the phone - pronouncing Justice Scalia dead just before 2 PM.
http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/pronouncing-a-supreme-court-justice-dead-in-west-texas/
I’d like to see Judge Cinderela Guevara’s Inquest Report