Albert Ruiz

Albert Ruiz died on December 29, 2013, at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, where he was held on death row. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes but did not say what killed him. A report from around his trial noted that he had diabetes with heart-related complications and hepatitis C.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes on death row at California Medical Facility.

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

News reports (2)

• Condemned Inmates Who Have Died Since 1978 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Condemned Inmates Who Have Died Since 1978
• Man convicted of Merced double homicide dies in prison Modesto Bee, December 30, 2013