Serial killer suspected of killing inmate rapist in California prison

Juan Villanueva, 53, was found unconscious in his cell at 8:49 am Friday during a health check by corrections officers at North Kern State Prison. Photo courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Feb. 25 (UPI) — A man who killed five people during a month-long killing spree in 2018 is suspected of killing his fellow juvenile rapist in a California prison, officials said.

Juan Villanueva, 53, was found unconscious in his cell at 8:49 a.m. Friday during a health check by correctional officers at North Kern State Prison, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. in the newscast.

“The officer noticed that Villanueva was not responding in the cell and immediately called for medical assistance,” the report said.

“Responding officers took life-saving measures, called an ambulance and took Villanueva to the triage and treatment unit in the prison.

“However, Villanueva could not be saved, and at 9:03 am she was declared dead,” the prison said.

Prison officials have restricted movement within the cell to aid an investigation being conducted by the Prison Investigative Service in conjunction with the Kern County District Attorney’s Office and the Kern County Coroner.

Villanueva was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 in October 2022. He was taken into custody in prison on 2 February.

Investigators suspect that Villanueva’s new cellmate, Ramon Escobar, may have been behind the attack and identified him in a press release.

Escobar, 51, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty in 2018 to two counts of first-degree murder.

Escobar beat five people to death, including his aunt and uncle, before fleeing to California. CTLA reported. He also injured several other people during riots, many of them homeless, in Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

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