Virendra Govin
Virendra Govin, 51, was held at San Quentin State Prison in California; some reports gave his name as Victor Govin. On Sunday, November 4, 2018, he was found alone in his cell in a separate housing unit and pronounced dead a short time later. Corrections officials said his death is being investigated as a suspected suicide. They said it is not believed to be connected to another death at the prison that week.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Corrections officials are investigating the death as a probable or suspected suicide, and no source reports a dispute over the cause.
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 (6)
- Convicted SoCal killers Andrew Urdiales, Virendra Govin found dead in San Quentin
- 2 SoCal Killers On Death Row Found Dead At San Quentin
- 2 San Quentin death row inmates found dead; suicide suspected
- 2 death row inmates found dead in apparent suicides
- Coachella Valley Serial Killer Found Dead In Prison
- Two Death Row Killers Found Dead Hours Apart In Same California Prison