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Andrew Tisnado

31 years old · died December 12, 2013 · Sierra Conservation Center, Tuolumne County, California

Andrew Tisnado, 31, died on December 12, 2013, while held at Sierra Conservation Center, a state prison in Jamestown, California. According to the California Department of Corrections, he was found in his bed with severe head injuries and taken to a hospital in the Central Valley, where he died. The department has classified the death as a homicide and is investigating, but it has released little further information about what happened.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections says Andrew Tisnado died of severe head injuries and is investigating the death as a homicide.

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

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