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Inmate Death at California Prison Under Investigation | Sacramento News
A deadly incident at California State Prison, Sacramento, has rocked the facility: inmate Walter Badelle, 37, died suddenly in his cell after prison staff tried to help — pronounced dead just before 3 p.m. The investigation now centers on his cellmate, Jonathan Blackwell, 45, who’s been taken into isolation. Badelle, serving a 25-year sentence for robbery with gang enhancements and a recent 2-year-8-month term for weapon possession inside prison, leaves behind a grim legacy. Blackwell, meanwhile, is serving life without parole for first-degree murder. As authorities from both prison and…
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