DELANO, Calif. (AP) — Convicted serial killer Ramon Escobar is suspected of killing his new cellmate Friday at a central California jail, authorities stated.
Escobar, 51, shared a cell at North Kern State Jail in Delano with Juan Villanueva, whose demise is being investigated as a murder, stated an announcement from the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Villanueva, 53, was discovered unresponsive shortly earlier than 9 a.m. and regardless of lifesaving efforts was pronounced lifeless a short while later at a jail therapy facility, the company stated.
Villanueva was serving a life sentence with an opportunity of parole for the aggravated sexual assault of a kid underneath the age of 14 in Los Angeles County.
Escobar is suspected of killing Villanueva and has been positioned in restricted housing pending an investigation, the company stated.
The Kern County coroner will decide the official explanation for demise, authorities stated. Different particulars weren’t instantly offered.
Escobar was serving a life sentence with out probability of parole after pleading responsible final yr to killing 5 males and injuring seven others. He additionally pleaded responsible to killing his aunt and uncle in Houston, Texas, in 2018.
Prosecutors stated Escobar fled Texas after killing his kinfolk and was homeless when he started attacking folks in Los Angeles and Santa Monica over the course of about two weeks in September 2018.
Prosecutors stated Escobar bludgeoned victims with bolt cutters or a baseball bat as they lay sleeping on streets or the seaside. All however one had been homeless.
Escobar arrived in jail custody final December. Villanueva arrived on Feb. 2, officers stated.
Each males had been housed within the Reception Heart, which processes prisoners admitted from counties all through California. Inmates might be held there for as much as 90 days whereas it's decided the place they need to be positioned inside the state jail system.
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