Rufus Hodges
Rufus Hodges, 51, died on May 14, 2018, while held at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, he was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead by prison medical staff. The department said the death is being investigated as a possible homicide, and his cellmate was detained while officials look into it. The cause of death had not been determined when the Hanford Sentinel reported it, pending the coroner's report.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
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.