Officials investigating inmate's death at Salinas Valley State Prison

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The decease of an inmate astatine Salinas Valley State Prison is being investigated arsenic a homicide, allegedly astatine the hands of a erstwhile Valley resident.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says that aft 9 p.m. Saturday, situation unit recovered Kevin Torres unresponsive successful a cell.

The 26-year-old was taken to a hospital, wherever helium died.

The compartment wherever Torres was recovered was besides occupied by 39-year-old Thomas Farias.

He was received from Fresno County backmost successful 2005, to service a 12-year sentence.

Farias is present successful restricted lodging amid the probe for imaginable execution charges.