CHINO, Calif. —
The deaths of two men days apart at a California prison is under investigation by the San Bernardino County coroner’s office, authorities said.
Rodney Hawkins, 32, died June 10 and Richard Holesapple, 30, died June 12 at the California Institution for Men in Chino, east of Los Angeles.
Both were found “unresponsive” in their cells and prounounced dead at hospitals, said Dana Simas, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Neither prisoner had a cellmate.
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There was no immediate word on the cause of their deaths but medical examiners were awaiting results of toxicology tests, which may determine whether drugs were involved, the Orange County Register reported.