OCSD: In-Custody Death Of Inmate From Intake Release Center

Press release from the Orange County Sheriff's Department:

August 1, 2021

SANTA ANA, Ca. (August 1, 2021) –At approximately 10:25 p.m. on July 31, an inmate at the Intake Release Center was pronounced deceased. The inmate was booked into Orange County Jail on July 28, 2021 for a probation violation and outstanding warrants. He died of a suspected suicide that occurred inside his housing location.

The decedent is Omar Jose Valle, 29, of Anaheim.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will investigate the in-custody death. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will conduct an in-custody death review. No additional information will be released at this time.

This press release was produced by the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The views expressed here are the author’s own.