Juan M. Boyzo
Juan M. Boyzo, 25, died on August 24, 2020, after he was stabbed in a dayroom at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, where he was being held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said two other people held there attacked him and that officers fired exact-impact rounds to stop the attack. He was taken to an outside hospital and pronounced dead that night. Prison officials said two men were identified in the killing and moved to restricted housing, and the death is being investigated as a homicide by prison officials, the Lassen County Sheriff's Office and the Office of the Inspector General, which was notified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prison officials say two inmates stabbed Juan Boyzo in a dayroom, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); High Desert State Prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.