Death Row Inmate Dies At San Quentin State Prison

SAN QUENTIN, CA — A convicted murderer died Monday at San Quentin State Prison, officials announced Tuesday.

Jose Francisco Guerra, 61, was found unresponsive at 2:15 p.m. in his single cell during a housing check at the prison in the unincorporated town of San Quentin in Marin County. After life-saving measures were unsuccessful, he was pronounced dead at 3:01 p.m., according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The cause of death will be determined by the Marin County Coroner.

Guerra was convicted of first-degree murder while armed with a firearm. He had been on death row since Dec. 6, 1993.

There are currently 706 people on California's death row.