Carmen Guerrero
Carmen Guerrero, a trans woman according to NBC News, was held at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California. Prison officials said Guerrero was found unresponsive in a cell in October 2013 and that the death was suspected strangulation. NBC News reported that Guerrero had been housed with a cellmate about eight hours before the death, and that the housing was based on birth-assigned sex rather than gender identity. A jury later found a cellmate guilty of first-degree murder in the killing, and the outlet presented the case as an example of the dangers trans people face when they are not housed according to their gender identity.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prison officials said he was suspected strangled by his cellmate, and a California jury later found the cellmate responsible for killing him.
Reported by: Kern Valley State Prison officials (the agency that held her); California jury (court).