Orlando G. Romero
Orlando G. Romero, 48, grew up in Perris, and his longtime friend Anne Wandersee said he had many good friends who knew and cared about him and always took good care of himself. He was held on death row at San Quentin State Prison in California and was pronounced dead on August 2, 2020, at an outside hospital. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said his death appears to be from complications related to COVID-19, and that a coroner will determine the exact cause. The official manner of death is listed as pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
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.
News reports (4)
- Coronavirus: These killers died on San Quentin’s Death Row
- Condemned Inmate Orlando Romero Dies - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- By the numbers: A look at who has died of coronavirus in California prisons
- Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Surpass Two Decades of Executions; COVID-19 Has Killed More California Death Row Prisoners Than the State Has Executed in 27 Years