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Roberto Baldizon

35 years old · died February 3, 2015 · California State Prison, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California

Roberto Baldizon, 35, died on February 3, 2015, in his cell at California State Prison-Sacramento in Folsom. Corrections officials said he had multiple stab wounds and that a homemade weapon was found at the scene. Officials named his cellmate as a suspect, but no charges had been filed. The prison restricted movement in the housing unit where he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Corrections officials said he was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate with a homemade weapon found at the scene.

Reported by: Corrections officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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