Jerry Elliott
Jerry Elliott, 43, was held at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near Otay Mesa, California. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says he was injured in a fight with another man in their shared cell on Saturday, August 16, 2025, and that staff responded and found him unresponsive. He was taken to an outside medical facility, where he was pronounced dead on August 21. The department is investigating the death as a homicide and says no weapon was used, while the other man has been placed in restricted housing. The San Diego County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. California prison officials say another incarcerated man attacked Jerry Elliott in their shared cell during a fight, and the death is being investigated as a homicide while the county coroner determines the official cause.
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 (4)
- Richard J. Donovan Officials Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Inmate s death at San Diego prison investigated as homicide
- Inmate accused of killing another man in Donovan prison fight - San Diego Union-Tribune
- Inmate death at Richard J. Donovan Prison being investigated as homicide