Child-Molest Suspect Dies In North County Hospital

OCEANSIDE, CA — A 71-year-old San Diego Central Jail inmate who had been hospitalized for more than six weeks died of as-yet undetermined causes this week, authorities reported Wednesday.

Maximillian Aguirre of Spring Valley was pronounced dead at Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside about 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

While in custody, he experienced "extensive medical issues unrelated to his incarceration" and had been hospitalized since late March, sheriff's Lt. Joseph Jarjura said.

Aguirre was jailed on Dec. 16, 2021, when a fugitive task force arrested him on suspicion of four counts of oral copulation with a person under 10 years of age and 11 counts of lewd acts with a minor under age 14.

The county Medical Examiner's Office will seek to determine the cause and manner of Aguirre's death.

The lieutenant said he could not disclose details of the medical problems that Aguirre had suffered while in jail.

— City News Service