Edward Dean Bridges
Edward Bridges, 55, was held at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County. Marin County coroner's investigator Darrell Harris said Bridges was found unconscious in his single cell early on Thursday, October 9, 2008, in an apparent hanging. Harris said the pathologist found nothing indicating anything other than suicide, and that Bridges left no suicide note and had no history of suicidal behavior. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation also records his death as a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Marin County coroner's investigator Darrell Harris both say he died by suicide by apparent hanging in his cell at San Quentin.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Darrell Harris, Marin County coroner's investigator (medical examiner or coroner).