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A 37-year-old inmate died earlier this week after he was found severely injured inside his cell in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies said that around 11:59 p.m. Monday, they responded to Elias Angel Rivera’s cell after his cellmate activated the emergency call button. They found Rivera unresponsive with visible injuries.
He was sent to a local hospital for treatment. He eventually succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased by a hospital physician at 1:11 a.m. Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said.
Rivera’s death is being investigated as a homicide, according to the sheriff.
Rivera, an Oakland resident, had been in custody in the maximum-security housing unit of the jail since May 2022 after the California Highway Patrol’s Oakland Division arrested him on suspicion of murder.
— Story by Bay City News Service, with Pleasanton Weekly editorial director Jeremy Walsh contributing.
