Dennis L. Romero
Dennis Romero, a man in his late forties by most accounts, died on November 5, 2026, at California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom. He was found unresponsive in his cell in the afternoon, and paramedics pronounced him dead at 3:27 p.m. after staff began life-saving measures and took him to the prison's treatment and triage area. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it is investigating his death as a homicide, and his cellmate was placed in restricted housing pending that review. Reports differ on the time he was found and on his exact age.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it is investigating the death as a homicide and has placed his cellmate in restricted housing, but has not released a cause of death.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Custody: Serving a sentence.
Sources (9)
- Prison Officials Investigating Latest Inmate Death As Homicide
- Inmate's death at Folsom prison ruled a homicide
- Death of Incarcerated Person at California State Prison, Sacramento Investigated as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Homicide investigation after inmate found dead at Folsom prison
- Humboldt County inmate found dead in Sacramento prison cell - Times-Standard
- Man Serving Life for Humboldt County Murder Dies in Suspected Prison Homicide
- CDCR Reports Investigation into Death of an Inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento as a Homicide
- Dennis Romero Died In Custody At CSP Sacramento In Folsom
- Folsom Prison Inmate Death Investigated as Homicide