Criminal,
Civil Rights
Mar. 5, 2020
Woman sues state prisons over decapitation of her son by cell mate
After guards did not check the cell overnight, the complaint asserts, the next morning, “Mr. Romero was found decapitated, and Mr. Osuna was found wearing a necklace of Mr. Romero’s body parts.”
A woman has sued the state prisons department over the decapitation of her inmate son after he was placed in a cell with a convicted murderer with a long history of violence.
According to the complaint, filed by attorneys Justin E. Sterling of Encino and Erin Darling of Los Angeles, plaintiff Dora Solares' son, Luis, was transferred to California State Prison, Corcoran on March 7, 2019, and moved into a cell with Jaime Osuna the ne...
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