Virendra Govin
Virendra Govin, 51, was held at San Quentin State Prison in California. On the night of Sunday, November 4, 2018, staff found him in his single cell, and he was pronounced dead at about 10:30 p.m. Corrections officials said his death was being investigated as a probable suicide and was not believed to be connected to another death at the prison that weekend. The cause will be officially determined by an autopsy, according to the department.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Corrections officials are investigating his death as a probable suicide and say it is not related to the other death at the prison that week.
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.
Custody: Serving a sentence.
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