Gurparkash Singh Khalsa
Gurparkash Singh Khalsa, 59, was a devout Sikh who kept a vegetarian diet in line with his faith, and his wife Gurmeet Kaur and daughters Minninder and Kiranjot were scheduled to visit him on the day he died. He was held at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, California, less than a month after arriving there, and was found dead in October 2011. A Monterey County Sheriff's Department lieutenant said the preliminary investigation pointed to cardiac arrest linked to existing coronary artery disease and found nothing suspicious at the scene. Toxicology results were still pending at the time of reporting, and the family could not be reached for comment.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Lt. Kevin Gardepie of the Monterey County Sheriff's Department said preliminary findings pointed to cardiac arrest linked to coronary artery disease, with nothing suspicious at the scene.
Reported by: Lt. Kevin Gardepie, Monterey County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.