Gerald Wayne Rowe
Gerald Wayne Rowe, 27, died on July 29, 2018, after he was stabbed in a recreation yard at Centinela State Prison in Imperial, California, according to Lt. Michael Ramirez of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Officials said a guard found him and raised an alarm, and that medical staff tried to save him before he was pronounced dead. The department identified another incarcerated man as a suspect and said investigators recovered a weapon they believe was used. No motive has been released.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Lt. Michael Ramirez of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said another incarcerated man is a suspect in the apparent homicide.
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.