Notorious Pedophile Found Beaten to Death in Prison Cell
Child rapist is killed only days after arriving in California prison
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A notorious pedophile has been found beaten to death in his cell only days after arriving in the California prison.
The convicted child rapist was killed by another inmate less than a week after entering the Californian jail.
Officials confirmed that 66-year-old Agustin Duran died as the result of a homicide following an incident at Wasco State Prison on July 7.
Investigators believe that the suspect killed Duran with his "bare hands" after learning of crimes.
The prison's correctional officers responded after 19-year-old Andres Ayon repeatedly punched the child molester in the face and torso after Duran was reportedly "boasting" about his crimes.
Ayon continued to attack Duran even after the alarm had been sounded and all the other inmates got on the ground.
Ayon eventually got down on the ground after officers deployed a pepper spray grenade, the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitations (CDRC) said.
By the time they got to his body, Duran was already unresponsive and declared dead on the scene.
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Ayon was detained and escorted to a holding cell after attacking Duran.
He was treated for minor injuries at the prison and later placed in the institution’s Administrative Segregation Unit while the incident is investigated.
Officials said Duran arrived at the prison from Los Angeles County on July 2.
He was serving a sentence of 55 years to life with the possibility of parole after being convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old.
Ayon arrived at the facility on June 22 from Kern County to serve six years for second-degree robbery and use of a deadly weapon.
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Investigators from the Kern County District Attorney’s Office are assisting in the investigation and the Office of the Inspector General has been notified.
“The primary mission of Wasco State Prison is to provide short-term housing necessary to process, classify and evaluate new inmates physically and mentally to determine their security level, program requirements, and appropriate institutional placement,” CDRC added in a statement.
Wasco State Prison was opened in 1991 and houses around 4,900 inmates.
In February 2017, officials launched a homicide investigation after inmate Jason Morris was found strangled in his cell.
He was serving two concurrent three-year sentences after also being convicted of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 years old.
