Louis J. Bachicha
Louis J. Bachicha, 34, died on January 12, 2023, after he was attacked by other people held at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department said staff responded and stopped the attack, and he was taken to the prison's treatment and triage area, where he was pronounced dead that evening. Officials are investigating the death as a homicide, and the Kern County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says three other incarcerated people attacked him in a dayroom with inmate-made weapons, and it is investigating the death as a homicide.
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.