Tuc X. Tran
Tuc Tran, 75, died on April 30, 2020, at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, a state prison where he was held. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said staff found him unresponsive in his cell with multiple injuries to his head and face and that it suspected his cellmate attacked him. The cellmate was restrained and removed from the cell, and the department said the death was being investigated. Officials' accounts of the death have not been independently confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said his cellmate attacked him, leaving him with multiple head and face injuries, and the death was being investigated.
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 (4)
- 4 California inmates killed within 2 days at 3 state prisons
- Elderly Inmate Beaten To Death At Vacaville Prison Medical Facility; Cellmate Accused
- 4 inmates at 3 California prisons killed in 21 hours; 8 facing charges
- California Institution for Men inmates who died from coronavirus called ‘especially vulnerable’