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2023-02-26 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Serial killer's child-rapist cellmate found dead in a California prison

[FoxNews] A convicted serial killer is suspected of killing his pedophile cellmate less than a month after he arrived at prison, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Juan Villanueva, 53, who was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14, was found unresponsive by North Kern State Prison officials during a welfare check at 8:49 a.m. Friday, according to CDCR.

By 9:03 a.m., Villanueva was pronounced dead.

He shared a cell with 51-year-old Ramon Escobar, who pleaded guilty last year to killing five men and wounding seven others after fleeing Houston where he ultimately pleaded guilty to the 2018 slayings of his aunt and uncle.

After fleeing Texas, Escobar began a string of deadly assaults in Santa Monica, where prosecutors said he beat his victims with bolt cutters or a baseball bat while they were asleep on the streets or the beach during a two-week crime spree that claimed five lives and left seven others wounded.

All but one were homeless, according to authorities.

Escobar is originally from El Salvador and had been deported six times before the murders, according to authorities.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-26 00:55|| || Front Page|| [23 views ] Top

#1 So California really does have the death penalty. Just outsourced to prison inmates.

Posted by Tom 2023-02-26 07:30|| 2023-02-26 07:30|| Front Page Top

#2 ...well at least for those in the walls. Still allowing the death penalty on the sheep on the streets, in their businesses, and in their homes with catch and release.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-26 08:13|| 2023-02-26 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Lesson learned. Maybe he ought not to have roommates going forward.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-26 10:28|| 2023-02-26 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Not sure how a serial killer gets a roommate, but perhaps this was by design. At least you are good for something, Señor Escobar, microbe that you are.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-26 10:32|| 2023-02-26 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Suspected? Wow, even by modern journalism standards that is had to imagine. The upside of this is the continued moderating effect it has on the ability of CCPOA members to manage the MDSO units. GenPop cellblock assignments tend to be very dangerous for child molesters when proximate to Lifers, especially Aryan Brotherhood et al.
(California Correctional Peace Officers Association, perhaps the most powerful LE union in America, and Mentally Disordered Sex Offenders are routinely segregated in Special Housing Units isolated from the General Population at all times)

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-02-26 12:09|| 2023-02-26 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 The typical progression is a killer who kills again in prison draws a federal murder beef with the potential of the death penalty. I'd imagine the enlightened state of Cali works to impede that.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-26 12:17|| 2023-02-26 12:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Not sure how you can assert a federal "murder" case, since it wasn't a federal institution, and didn't involve a federal judge or officer. What am I missing?

https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/murder/is-murder-a-federal-crime-7-ways-it-can-be/

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-02-26 13:25|| 2023-02-26 13:25|| Front Page Top

#8 His next roommate will be sleeping during yard time.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-26 14:56|| 2023-02-26 14:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Um, wasn't this the desired outcome?

Posted by Silentbrick 2023-02-26 17:05|| 2023-02-26 17:05|| Front Page Top

#10 I am not any more satisfied with this than I am with the Epstein stuff.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-02-26 18:42|| 2023-02-26 18:42|| Front Page Top

#11 One of the likely factors of success for El Salvador's mega-prison. Cohabitation.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-26 20:34|| 2023-02-26 20:34|| Front Page Top

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