Dan John Santiago, a 35-year-old Latino man, was found unresponsive in his cell at Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail on August 20, 2020, with trauma to his upper torso. Medical staff and Los Angeles Fire Department personnel tried to save him, but he died of his injuries. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled the death a homicide, indicating the wounds were inflicted by another person.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation into the circumstances of Santiago’s death. Detectives were reviewing evidence and interviewing witnesses, but no suspects had been identified immediately after the incident and no arrests had been announced as of the latest update.

If anyone witnessed events at Men’s Central Jail around August 20, 2020, or has information about Santiago’s death, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.