Convicted Child Predator Found Dead. Shared Cell With Serial Killer.
Juan Villanueva, 53, was pronounced dead in his cell at North Kern State Prison in California on Friday, February 2nd, 2021. The Kern County Coroner’s office has ruled his death a homicide. At 9:03 a.m. that morning, Villanueva was found unresponsive in his cell, with his cellmate Ramon Escobar, 51, having been sentenced to life in prison for two counts of first-degree murder. He had previously pleaded guilty to the 2018 slayings of his aunt …