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Died in jail or a lockup

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died December 21, 2019 · Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, Sacramento County, California

A man died on December 21, 2019, while held at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Sacramento County, California. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said he was injured in a physical altercation in a shower area of a barracks, outside the view of security cameras, and is investigating the death as a homicide. The sheriff's office has not released his name, so little about who he was has been shared publicly.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office says he was injured in a physical altercation with another person in a shower area outside camera view and is investigating the death as a homicide.

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

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