Ronald Johnson
Ronald Johnson was 69, a Vietnam War veteran who needed a walker to get around and lived with PTSD, according to records cited by inewsource. He was held at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, San Diego County, where guards found him unresponsive in his single cell on the night of January 2, 2021. San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office records, as reported by inewsource, say he had recently been diagnosed with COVID-19 and also had lung disease, hypertension and cirrhosis. Paramedics could not save him after he was moved to a triage room.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office records, as reported by inewsource, list COVID-19 as the cause of death.
Reported by: San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); inewsource.