Brenten G. Kinzenbaw
Brenten Kinzenbaw, 27, a former Alpine resident, died on September 24, 2025, at California State Prison, Solano in Vacaville, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two other people attacked him on the Facility B recreation yard, and he was pronounced dead at 8:15 a.m. The department is investigating the death as a homicide, and officials say an improvised weapon was found at the scene. The Solano County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two other incarcerated men attacked him in the Facility B recreation yard, and the Solano County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.
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 (5)
- California State Prison Solano Officials Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Inmate's death at Solano prison investigated as homicide; two inmates involved in attack
- Prisoner from Alpine dies in alleged inmate attack at Solano facility
- State prison officials investigating Vacaville inmate death
- California prison officials investigating Bay Area inmate death