In-Custody Death Investigation - 04-06-2023
TYPE OF INCIDENT: In-Custody Death Investigation
LOCATION: Elmwood Correctional Facility (701 S. Able Street, Milpitas, CA)
CASE NUMBER: 23-096-0220
On 04/04/2023, a 65-year-old male was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for multiple charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 years of age, stemming from a San Jose Police Department Investigation.
On 04/06/2023 at approximately 2:04PM, deputies assigned to the Elmwood Jail in Milpitas were conducting welfare checks in building M4. Deputies located the 65-year-old inmate unresponsive in his cell. Deputies and medical staff immediately performed life-saving measures on the involved individual by administering CPR until medical personnel arrived.
At approximately 2:15PM, Milpitas Fire Department Engine #86 and Emergency Medical Services arrived on scene and transported the inmate to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 2:52PM. Sheriff's Office Detectives responded to the scene to conduct the investigation and the preliminary indications are suicide. The inmate was housed alone at the time of the incident.
The Sheriff’s Office is following standard protocol for an in-custody death by conducting a joint investigation among the Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney’s Office, and the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The name of the deceased is being withheld until notification of next of kin.
PREPARED BY:
Sergeant Russell Davis #2191
Public Information Officer
408-808-4905
[email protected]
APPROVED BY:
Undersheriff Ken Binder
DATE/ TIME:
April 7, 2023 @ 6:00PM