Rey Manuel Zavala
Rey Manuel Zavala, 25, of Moorpark, had a medical emergency in a day room at the Ventura County jail on September 12, 2018. According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, deputies and medical staff gave him aid, and he was released from sheriff's custody at Ventura County Medical Center because of the severity of his condition. He was transferred to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and died there the next day, September 13, 2018. The sheriff's major crimes unit concluded he died of a medical condition, and Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office investigator James Baroni said the cause was complications from a brain aneurysm. The sheriff's office did not explain why his death was not notified until four days later.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office and a medical examiner's investigator said he died of complications from a brain aneurysm after a medical emergency in a jail day room.
Reported by: Ventura County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office investigator James Baroni (medical examiner or coroner).