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Adam Alex Alvidrez

58 years old · died February 21, 2026 · West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino County, California

Adam Alex Alvidrez, a 58-year-old man, died on February 21, 2026, after a medical emergency inside a housing unit at the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County, California. The county sheriff's department said deputies and a facility nurse responded, and that jail medical staff and paramedics continued resuscitation before he was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff's Homicide Detail has taken over the investigation, and the cause and manner of death remain pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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