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Serial killer’s child-rapist cellmate found dead in a California prison
A convicted serial killer is suspected of killing his pedophile cellmate lower than a month after he arrived at jail, in line with the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Juan Villanueva, 53, who was serving a life sentence with the potential of parole for aggravated sexual assault of a kid beneath 14, was discovered unresponsive by North Kern State Jail officers throughout a welfare verify at 8:49 a.m. Friday, in line with CDCR.
By 9:03 a.m., Villanueva was pronounced lifeless.
He shared a cell with 51-year-old Ramon Escobar, who pleaded responsible final 12 months to killing 5 males and wounding seven others after fleeing Houston the place he in the end pleaded responsible to the 2018 slayings of his aunt and uncle.
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Escobar, 51, was sentenced to CDCR on Could 6, 2022 from Los Angeles County to serve a life with out the potential of parole sentence for 2 counts of first-degree homicide. He was additionally sentenced to life in jail with the potential of parole for 3 counts of first-degree homicide and 7 counts of tried second-degree homicide (California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR))
Villanueva was transferred into North Kern State Jail, a medium-security facility that homes 3,500 inmates, on Feb. 2.
The Kern County Coroner dominated Villanueva’s loss of life a murder, and Escobar has since been positioned in restrictive housing whereas the jail’s Examine Providers Unit and the Kern County District Legal professional examine Villanueva’s loss of life.
Officers did not launch every other particulars or say how he was killed.
Villanueva, 53, was sentenced to CDCR on Oct. 25, 2022 from Los Angeles County to serve a life with parole sentence for aggravated sexual assault of a kid beneath 14 years outdated. (California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR))
After fleeing Texas, Escobar started a string of lethal assaults in Santa Monica, the place prosecutors mentioned he beat his victims with bolt cutters or a baseball bat whereas they had been asleep on the streets or the seaside throughout a two-week crime spree that claimed 5 lives and left seven others wounded.
All however one had been homeless, in line with authorities.
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Escobar is initially from El Salvador and had been deported six occasions earlier than the murders, in line with authorities.