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Bakersfield, CA (KERO ) — A man serving life without parole for the murder of a Bakersfield woman is suspected of killing his cellmate at Corcoran State Prison Saturday morning.
31-year-old Jaime Osuna, was placed in solitary confinement after his cellmate, a 44-year-old man, was found dead during a security check, According to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Vicky Waters.
Authorities said Osuna was serving a life sentence for killing and torturing 36-year-old Yvette Pena in 2011.Pena’s body was found in a motel room with knives and a pair of scissors in her back. He pleaded guilty to Pena’s murder to avoid the death penalty in may of 2017.
At this time the dead inmate has not yet been identified..but he was also serving a sentence to life with parole after being convicted in Los Angeles county on second-degree murder charges with the use of a firearm.
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