Peter Hernandez
Peter Hernandez, 59, died on August 3, 2022, at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, California, where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said another incarcerated person attacked him with a weapon in a housing unit dayroom, and that he was pronounced dead at 8:22 a.m. The department is investigating the death as a homicide, and the Monterey County Coroner will determine the official cause of death. The prison has not released a motive or the weapon used, 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 him with a weapon in a housing unit dayroom, and CDCR is investigating the death as a homicide while the Monterey County Coroner determines the official cause.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Sources (5)
- SVSP Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person as Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Authorities: Man convicted in South Bay killed by another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison
- Fellow inmate is suspected in the killing of a man in Salinas Valley State Prison.
- Inmate from Kings County accused of killing fellow prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison
- Salinas Valley State Prison inmate’s death being investigated as homicide