California Inmate’s Death Will Be Investigated as a Homicide

The death of a 25-year-old inmate at California’s North Kern State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, corrections officials said Tuesday.

An officer conducting a security check discovered Ricardo Saldivar unresponsive in a cell Monday afternoon, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement.

Saldivar was taken to the prison’s medical treatment area, where he was pronounced dead, the statement said. The Kern County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.

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