Died in jail or a lockup
Matthew Michael Gonzales
Matthew Gonzales, 25, died in his cell at the Fresno County jail in September 2019, where he was being held in pretrial custody. Officers checking on him found him hanging, and the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said he appeared to have hanged himself. Sheriff's investigators said he was alone and that all signs point to suicide, and an autopsy was planned.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Fresno County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); sheriff's spokesman Tony Botti (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.