LOS ANGELES—California corrections officials Aug. 20 were investigating an attack at Salinas Valley State Prison that killed a man serving a life prison sentence for the 2013 shooting death of a man in Pomona and the slaying of another in Altadena just over a month later.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Michael Spengler, 38, was attacked by a fellow inmate around 10:30 a.m. Monday at the prison in Soledad in Monterey County.