(KRON) -- An inmate who was convicted of first-degree murder in Solano County attacked his cellmate last weekend in a deadly prison assault, officials said.
Derek E. Dunlap, 34, is suspected of killing 62-year-old Louis T. Jackson inside their cell at Substance Abuse Treatment Facility State Prison in Corcoran, Calif., according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Prison staff members found Jackson unresponsive just before 7 a.m. on Oct. 24., and he was pronounced deceased.
The homicide victim's cellmate was placed in a restricted cell pending an investigation by SATF Investigative Services Unit and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office.
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Dunlap was previously found guilty of murder in Solano County in 2023. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Derek Dunlap is seen in a mugshot released by CDCR.
SATF houses 5,200 minimum, medium, high, and maximum-security male inmates.
