Former LASD deputy who killed grocery store supervisor throughout theft discovered lifeless in jail cell
A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division and condemned incarcerated particular person died in jail on Thursday, in keeping with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Stephen M. Redd, 78, was found unresponsive at 12:38 p.m. in his cell at San Quentin Rehabilitation Middle and later pronounced lifeless by medical employees.
His explanation for loss of life was not instantly launched and is being investigated by the Marin County Coroner’s Workplace.
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Redd was initially sentenced to death in 1996 for his position within the 1994 homicide of a grocery store supervisor in Yorba Linda. He was convicted of first-degree homicide, second-degree housebreaking as a 3rd striker, tried homicide as a 3rd striker and second-degree theft as a 3rd striker, in keeping with CDCR.
The Los Angeles Times recognized the deceased supervisor as Timothy Eugene McVeigh and mentioned that Redd had been a fugitive for eight months earlier than being captured by authorities in San Francisco.
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Redd had beforehand been sentenced to 11 years in jail for robbing a financial institution in La Habra and main authorities on a chase via three counties whereas capturing out the window, the Instances reported. He was given further jail time for trying to flee from a jail in San Luis Obispo earlier than being paroled in 1993.
His loss of life sentence was placed on maintain following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2019 moratorium on the loss of life penalty in California, which granted reprieves to the entire state’s then-737 condemned inmates.
There are 651 condemned incarcerated individuals in California, in keeping with CDCR, with the state’s last execution happening in 2006.
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