Michael Torres
Michael Torres, 59, was born in 1964 to an immigrant father from Jacona, Michoacan, and grew up in San Fernando, California. He died on July 6, 2023, after being stabbed at California State Prison, Sacramento, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said two other men attacked him that morning, and he was taken to an outside medical facility, where he was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m. CDCR is investigating the death as a homicide, and the Sacramento County Coroner will determine the official cause of death. The Los Angeles Times reported that investigators are still looking into why he was killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); authorities; Los Angeles Times (reporters).
News reports (4)
- California State Prison Sacramento Officials Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Mexican Mafia member who ran county jail rackets is killed in prison
- He built a booming black market empire inside L.A. County jails. It ended with his murder
- L.A. crime boss ‘Wicked’ stabbed to death in prison after purge of gang