Felipe Rodriguez
Felipe Rodriguez, 36, died on October 4, 2022, at California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said two other men attacked him with a homemade weapon on a maximum-security yard, and a paramedic pronounced him dead that afternoon. The department is investigating the death as a homicide and has identified two men as suspects. The Sacramento County Coroner will determine the official cause of death, and one report gives the attack as Wednesday rather than Tuesday.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two incarcerated men attacked him with an inmate-made weapon on a maximum-security yard, and the Sacramento County Coroner will determine the official 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.
News reports (6)
- SAC Investigating Homicide of Incarcerated Person - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Violent Criminal With Inland Empire Tie Killed By Prisoners: CDCR
- Inmate dies after being attacked in California prison yard
- CA Prison Inmate From Rohnert Park Suspected In Fellow Inmate's Death
- Two inmates killed at California state prisons within 24 hours, officials say
- Officials say 3 inmates die in 11 days at 3 California prisons