Danny Roman
Danny Roman, 64, died on June 10, 2020, at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was stabbed many times in the face and body by two other men held at the prison, and that he was pronounced dead at the prison's medical facility. The department classifies the death as a homicide and is investigating it with the Kings County District Attorney's Office. Prison officials would not say whether the two men belonged to the same gang or to rival gangs.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. California corrections officials say two fellow incarcerated people stabbed him to death at the Corcoran prison.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); California corrections department spokeswoman Terri Hardy (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (3)
- California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Investigating Inmate Death as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Mexican mafia member Danny Roman stabbed to death in Corcoran prison facility: officials
- Inmates assassinate leader of notorious Mexican Mafia gang at a California prison