Rashell Clarke
Rashell Clarke, 39, died on February 6, 2016, while held at California State Prison-Los Angeles County in Lancaster. Corrections officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead about an hour later. The autopsy report, as cited by the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner's office, found he was strangled with a shoelace, and the sheriff's office named a suspected killer, though the death remains under investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The corrections department says investigators suspect he was killed by a cellmate, and the autopsy report says his cellmate strangled him with a shoelace.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner); Los Angeles County sheriff's Det. Frank Salerno (outside investigators).