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Sandy Hopkins

56 years old · died October 16, 2021 · West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino County, California

Sandy Hopkins, 56, died on October 16, 2021, at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, where he had been taken from the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga about ten days earlier. The Daily Bulletin reports that jail medical staff became concerned about his health before the transfer. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says the cause of death is still under investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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