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Brandon Robinson

44 years old · died August 15, 2025 · West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino County, California

Brandon Robinson, 44, of Pinon Hills, died on August 15, 2025, while held at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, he was found unresponsive around 5:17 p.m., and after he was taken to a hospital he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's department has opened an in-custody death investigation, and an autopsy is pending to determine the cause and manner of his death. The County has described the death as following a medical emergency.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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

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