LOS ANGELES — A 58-year-old inmate from Los Angeles County is suspected of killing a fellow inmate at Kern Valley State Prison, officials said Monday.
Guards found Darius Swain, 41, unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon, and his roommate Gregory Clark was found wearing blood-stained clothing, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Life-saving efforts failed and Swain was pronounced dead by paramedics at 3:48 p.m., officials said.
Clark has since been placed in restricted housing pending an investigation.
Swain was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, and has been at the state prison since March 2019. Alameda County had charged him with human trafficking a minor with force, pimping, second-degree robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Clark was sentenced to 22 years for domestic violence with a deadly weapon and past felonies by Los Angeles County in 2011, and received an additional two years for assault with a deadly weapon within the prison in 2021.
Swain’s death is being investigated. The Kern County coroner will determine the official cause of death.
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