Jonathan Fajardo
Jonathan Fajardo, 30, died on October 5, 2018, after being stabbed in the chest and neck with a homemade weapon in a recreation yard at San Quentin State Prison, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said another man held at the prison is the suspect, and that the death is being investigated as a homicide by the prison's Investigative Services Unit. Officials said investigators were working to determine a motive and how the weapon was made or obtained. One report described it as the first slaying of a death row prisoner in California in more than 20 years.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Corrections officials say another incarcerated man stabbed him in a San Quentin recreation yard, and investigators are working on a motive.
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.