Jonathan Fajardo
Jonathan Fajardo, 30, a man from Southern California, died on October 5, 2018, at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, he was stabbed in the chest and neck in the East Block recreation yard with a weapon made inside the prison, and he was pronounced dead a short time later. Officials said another man held at the prison was involved, and the death is being investigated as a homicide by the prison's Investigative Services Unit. Officials had not released a motive, and investigators were working to determine how the weapon was made or obtained.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Corrections department spokeswoman Terry Thornton (the agency that held him); prison officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Custody: Serving a sentence.
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