Juan Corona
Juan Vallejo Corona was born in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1934, and followed his older brothers to California in 1950 to pick crops, later working as a labor contractor. He and his wife, Gloria, had four daughters, and family members said he was traumatized by a deadly flood in the mid-1950s. Corona, 85, died on Monday, March 4, 2019, at a hospital outside California State Prison-Corcoran in Kings County, where he was held in state custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes, and one report said he had dementia.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he died of natural causes at an outside hospital.
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 (10)
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- Notorious California serial killer Juan Corona dies
- Notorious California serial killer Juan Corona dies at age 85
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- California serial killer Juan Corona, dubbed ‘Machete Murderer,’ dead at 85
- Notorious Calif. serial killer Juan Corona dead at 85
- Notorious California serial killer Juan Corona dead at 85
- Juan Corona, convicted in slayings of 25 farmworkers, dies at 85
- California serial killer who murdered 25 men dead at 85
- Juan Corona, Yuba City Serial Killer, Dead at 85