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Cesar Augusto Pajuelo

70 years old · died March 10, 2019 · Santa Rita Jail, Alameda County, California

Cesar Augusto Pajuelo, 70, died on March 10, 2019, after he was found badly injured and unresponsive on the floor of his cell at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California. He was taken to Stanford Health Care Medical Center in Pleasanton, where he later died. Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said his injuries came from a beating, and that a cellmate had been arrested on suspicion of murder. As of that Sunday afternoon, no motive had been established.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said his cellmate has been arrested on suspicion of murder after Pajuelo was found severely injured in his cell.

Reported by: Alameda County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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