(KRON) — A convicted Alameda County rapist is suspected of killing his cellmate in Mule Creek State Prison, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said.
The rapist, 54-year-old Jesse A. Ferdin, was moved to a restrictive housing unit pending the homicide investigation.
Longeno Jones, 51, was found “unresponsive” on May 21 inside a cell he shared with Ferdin, according to CDCR. Jones was transported to the prison’s triage area, where he was pronounced deceased by paramedics an hour later.
Ferdin was convicted in Alameda County in 2018 of rape with force and violence. He was sentenced in 2019 to serve 12 years in prison…