Case 2021-13541 - 04022026_Redacted

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Paramedics/ EMTs arrived and took over life saving measures on Samuel. Samuel was pronounced deceased at 1147 hours by a doctor at Orange County Global Medical Center. We concluded the interview. Investigator Brower and I interviewed inmates housed in 4 Charlie module at the Santa Ana Jail. Detective C. Shynn shadowed during the interviews. It should be noted that Investigator Brower audio recorded all the interviews. I later received a copy of said interviews, which I booked into SAPD Evidence. The following is a synopsis of each interview with the inmates. 1607 Hours We interviewed Federal inmate in an interview room located on the 1st floor of the jail. The interview was in Spanish. is housed in 4 Charlie cell 23 and has been in 4 Charlie for about 2 years. stated that he was in his cell as his cellmate was cleaning within module 4 Charlie. He heard yelling for officers to respond. exited his cell and walked over to where was standing. He looked into the cell and saw a male hanging in cell 17. began to yell at the officer in charge to respond. Once the officers arrived, said he returned to this cell. It appeared to him that Samuel used a white sheet to hang himself. said that he always saw Samuel around in the module but he never talked to him. said that around 0900 hours this morning, Samuel was on the phone when Samuel became angry. Samuel was yelling at someone he was talking to on the phone. He believed that Samuel might have been talking to his wife. At around 0915 hours, Samuel entered his cell. had seen Samuel yelling at someone on the phone for the last couple of days. Samuel used the payphones on the 2nd floor of the module. We concluded the interview. 1625 Hours We then interviewed Santa Ana Jail Federal inmate in an interview room located on the 1st floor of the jail. is housed in 4 Charlie cell 23 and has been housed at the jail for about 3 years. said that he is one of the workers within the module. His duties include setting up the food cart, breaking it down and cleaning the module after the food service. stated that he found Samuel in his cell this morning. He knows Samuel as ³KD.´He has talked to Samuel before. He did not know if Samuel had any problems with anyone. This morning he noticed that Samuel was on the phone and was yelling at whomever he was talking to. Samuel was using one of the phones on the 2nd floor. Samuel is always on the phone. He is normally loud when on the phone. After the phone call, everyone was locked down around 0915 hours. said that between 1045 and 1100 hours, his group, which included Samuel, were popped out of their cells. Meaning that their cell doors were unlocked for lunch. set up the meals for the other inmates. Everyone is responsible to get their own trays on the 1st floor of the module. said that after lunch and after everyone is locked down in their cells, he begins to clean the module. He starts on the outside of cell 17 and begins to wipe down door handles. When he is at cell 17, he called out to Samuel as he normally does. He wiped the handle, looked inside cell 17 and saw Samuel hanging. He saw a white sheet around his neck. The sheet was knotted behind his neck. said he pulled the door to cell 17 and the door opened. Samuel was elevated off the floor and his feet were in front of him. He saw that Samuel's skin tone was a different color. said he yelled out to Corrections Officer Gonzalez. was then escorted out of the module. said that he was not aware of any problems that Samuel was having. Santa Ana PD 2021-13541 12 of 15