YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Three men have been charged with murder in an attack in the Yakima County Jail that led to the death of an inmate.
The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Julian Luis Gonzalez of Toppenish, 25-year-old Deryk Alexander Donato of White Swan, and 19-year-old Felipe Luis Jr. of Yakima were each charged Thursday with one count of aggravated first-degree murder and first-degree murder.
On Dec. 10, deputies were sent to the jail to investigate an assault on 36-year-old inmate Jacob Ozuna.
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The sheriff’s office says Ozuna was sent to a hospital where he died from his injuries.
An autopsy showed Ozuna died from severe blunt force trauma including a swollen head and bleeding brain.
It wasn’t immediately known if the suspects had obtained lawyers.
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