Martin Aguilar
Martin Aguilar, 27, was pronounced dead shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2021, in his cell at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said his cellmate is the suspect in a suspected homicide, and that the prison's Investigative Services Unit is investigating the death. The department has not disclosed how he died, and it said the Office of the Inspector General had been notified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says his cellmate is the suspect in the death, which is being investigated 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.