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According to officials, Ramon Escobar, the notorious serial killer from Los Angeles, has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his cellmate earlier this year.
Juan Villanueva, a 53-year-old inmate, was declared dead on February 24th. At the time, the suspect, Escobar, was already serving multiple life sentences in North Kern State Prison. Recently, Escobar was charged with first-degree murder.
According to the press release about his recent charge, Escobar had already committed at least seven murders in California and Texas before the incident. Additionally, he had been convicted of seven counts of attempted second-degree murder.
According to a statement by the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, the criminal complaint includes seven special circumstance allegations based on Ramon Escobar’s seven previous murder convictions. These convictions include five from Los Angeles County and two from Harris County, Texas.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Ramon Escobar had already been involved in seven murders in California and Texas before the recent incident.
According to the statement, the inmate serving a life sentence, Juan Villanueva, has accused him of committing an assault with malice. The accused individual is facing this additional charge along with the others.
On the morning of February 24, Villanueva was found unresponsive during a routine welfare check of his cell. Reports indicate that an officer discovered him at precisely 8:49 a.m. Despite best efforts to revive him, Villanueva was pronounced deceased in less than fifteen minutes.
On February 24th, Juan Villanueva, who was an inmate, passed away at the age of 53, as per the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
On October 25, 2022, the deceased had been convicted of committing aggravated sexual assault on a child under the age of 14. He was subsequently transferred to the prison on February 2.
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