Roberto Belton
Roberto Belton, 37, was held at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, California, when, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, he was found unconscious in a maximum-security yard on April 2, 2019, with trauma the department said was consistent with a beating. He was taken to an outside hospital and died there in early October 2019 from those injuries. The department is investigating his death as a homicide and has not publicly identified any suspect.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says Roberto Belton died of injuries from a beating and is investigating his 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.