Peter Hernandez
Peter Hernandez, 59, died on August 3, 2022, at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, California, where he was held in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said another person held there attacked him with a weapon in a housing unit dayroom, and the department is investigating the death as a homicide. The Monterey County Coroner will determine the official cause of death. The department has not released further details of the attack, and the other person was moved to segregated housing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. CDCR says another incarcerated person attacked Hernandez with a weapon in a housing unit dayroom, and CDCR 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.