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They're Found Dead in a Jail in Coalinga: They're Investigating Their Cellmates.

Summary by Telemundo Fresno
COALINGA, California.- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation authorities investigate the murder of a prisoner at Pleasant State Prison while he was in his cell with two companions. The incident was recorded on January 17 at around 2pm in bedroom 1 of the minimum security facility. When the guards arrived at the cell, prisoner Brion E. Spidle was unconscious on the floor. Jorge Ortega and Victor Wence were also inside, but witho…
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COALINGA, California.- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation authorities investigate the murder of a prisoner at Pleasant State Prison while he was in his cell with two companions. The incident was recorded on January 17 at around 2pm in bedroom 1 of the minimum security facility. When the guards arrived at the cell, prisoner Brion E. Spidle was unconscious on the floor. Jorge Ortega and Victor Wence were also inside, but witho…

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Telemundo Fresno broke the news in on Monday, January 19, 2026.
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