Steven Curren
Steven Curren, 35, died on August 30, 2025, at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the San Diego Central Jail, where he was held. The San Diego County Sheriff's Office said other people held at the jail alerted deputies that he was in medical distress. The sheriff's office said deputies began lifesaving measures and summoned jail medical staff before he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The San Diego County Medical Examiner attributed his death to complications of hypertensive cardiovascular disease in his right kidney, with asthma, chronic alcohol use and obesity listed as contributing conditions, as released by the sheriff's office. The sheriff's Homicide Unit is investigating the death, as is standard for custody deaths.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The medical examiner ruled the death natural, from complications of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with asthma, chronic alcohol use and obesity as contributing conditions.
Reported by: San Diego County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); San Diego County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).