Christian Gomez
Christian Gomez, 27, died on February 2, 2012, while held in the Administrative Segregation Unit at California State Prison, Corcoran, in Kings County, California. Prison health officials said he was taking part in a hunger strike and that staff had been monitoring him for hunger strike activity for four days. According to officials, a preliminary autopsy did not indicate that the strike contributed to his death. Official autopsy results were still pending at the time of reporting, so the cause of death and any link to the hunger strike remain unconfirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Prison health officials said the preliminary autopsy did not indicate the hunger strike contributed to his death, and the official cause is still pending.
Reported by: California Correctional Health Care Services (Nancy Kincaid) (the agency that held him); Corcoran Public Information Officer Theresa Cisneros (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.