Carlos-Adrian Javier Hernandez
Carlos-Adrian Javier Hernandez, 24, died on August 26, 2016, at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah, where he was held. Corrections officers heard suspicious noises from his cell in the Hickory Facility on the Thursday evening and found him unconscious on the floor. He was taken to Gunnison Valley Hospital, then flown to Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, where he was pronounced dead early the next morning. The Utah Department of Corrections said the death was a homicide and that his cellmate was removed from the cell; police say the cellmate, who had shared the cell for less than 24 hours, punched and kicked him, and the cellmate was later charged in the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Utah Department of Corrections says his cellmate physically assaulted him, and police say the cellmate punched and kicked him for several minutes before an alarm sounded; the cellmate was charged in his death.
Reported by: Utah Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Gunnison City Police (outside investigators).