The family of a man who was found unconscious in a Fresno County jail cell has filed a government claim against the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
In 1998, Spencer Brasure was convicted of kidnapping, torturing and killing a 20-year-old man.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an inmate at the Fresno County Jail.
An inmate who was accused of stabbing a correctional officer was found dead Tuesday in the Fresno County jail.
We first reported on Michael Stauff's death in the jail back in April 2014. Stauff used a wheelchair to get around and he was on the infirmary floor of the jail when he was found strangled and covered in blankets.
Nine months after Mathew Ajibade died alone in a jail cell while strapped to a chair, two sheriff's deputies have been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in his death but still face prison sentences for related crimes.
