Crime & Safety

San Quentin Inmate Dies After 4-Story Plunge

The inmate was serving a life sentence for the killings of his ex-girlfriend and her 5-year-old son.

A double murderer died at Marin General Hospital on Wednesday from injuries he suffered in a four-story plunge at San Quentin State Prison a day earlier, the Marin Independent Journal reports.  

Thomas Curby Henderson, 60, was serving a 40-years-to-life sentence for the killings of his ex-girlfriend and her 5-year-old son for which he was convicted for first-and-second-degree murder, the Associated Press reports.

His first parole hearing was scheduled for March 12.

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His death is under investigation, prison officials told the Associated Press.

 

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