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James D. Torres

67 years old · died May 6, 2021 · California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Kings County, California

James D. Torres, 67, died on May 6, 2021, at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California. An officer found him unresponsive in his cell, and he was pronounced dead at the prison's medical facility a short time later. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating his death as a homicide and say his cellmate is accused of killing him. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating his death as a homicide and say his cellmate killed him.

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.

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