William R. Dye
William R. Dye, 52, was held at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, when the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was attacked on a recreation yard by two other people held there. The department said he was stabbed with a weapon made inside the prison and that staff used chemical agents to stop the attack. He died after the attack, and the department is investigating his death as a homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two people held at High Desert State Prison stabbed him on a recreation yard.
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.