Sergio Villalobos
Sergio Villalobos, 41, died on July 11, 2026, at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California, where he was held in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. According to CDCR, staff saw him fighting with another person in their cell and used pepper spray to stop it before taking him to the prison's treatment area, where he was pronounced dead at 10:55 a.m. CDCR says it is treating the death as a homicide, and the other person has been placed in restricted housing pending investigation. CDCR and the Kern County District Attorney's Office are investigating, and the cause of death has not been stated in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. CDCR is investigating his death as a homicide involving another incarcerated person in his cell.
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.
News reports (3)
- Kern Valley State Prison Officials Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Murderer killed in Kern County prison fight with inmate from Orange County
- CDCR investigating death of inmate after cell fight at Kern Valley State Prison