Joseph A. Perez, Jr.
Joseph A. Perez, Jr., 47, died in his cell at San Quentin State Prison on the evening of December 4, 2018, a day after another death row prisoner died there. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, he was found unresponsive at 9:11 p.m. and pronounced dead at 9:21 p.m., and the department later listed acute drug toxicity as the cause. The Marin County coroner's office said he died of acute opioid intoxication, and it also listed chronic substance abuse, chronic asthmatic bronchitis and cardiovascular disease. The cause and manner of death were pending an autopsy at the time of the early reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Marin County coroner's office says he died of acute opioid intoxication, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation attributed his death to acute drug toxicity.
Reported by: Marin County Sheriff's Office coroner's division (medical examiner or coroner); California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him).
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