Steven Puskar
Steven Puskar, 47, was held at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said deputies found him unresponsive in his cell on October 2, 2022, and that he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. He died there about a week later from injuries the department has not disclosed, and it lists the manner of death as homicide. The department said his cellmate was interviewed and has since been arrested in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The sheriff's department says Puskar's cellmate was interviewed and has been arrested in connection with his death, and it has not disclosed the injuries.
Reported by: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.