Deaths in Custody
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Fernando Belmontes

56 years old · died October 2017 · San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California

Fernando Belmontes, 56, died in early October 2017 at San Quentin State Prison, where he was held on California's Death Row. Prison officials said there was no obvious cause of death. The coroner is conducting an autopsy to determine how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: San Quentin State Prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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