maximum security prison, san quentin. three weeks later, news that took everyone by surprise. 54 year old andrew urdiales body was found friday night. urdiales was found unresponsive in his cell. bewere informed that there was irrefutable evidence that he intentionally killed him is self, and that was in the form of a note, but i have not seen it. prosecutor matt murphy told us urdiales had hanged himself. we reached out to the prison asking to see the note but never heard back. what does it mean to you that he took his own life? i just felt shock and disbelief. i asked myself why, why did he kill himself? did he kill himself because this new hell, which is san quentin, that he was brought into was so scary to him, did it just consume him? it s not surprising that someone who s facing capital punishment would commit suicide when they have an opportunity. it really is a calculus as it is
the governor just ordered the state s execution chambers to be closed. remember andrew urdiales was a professional death row inmate. he had been in death row in illinois for years and years and san quintin death of of america is not bed. they get their own cell and their tv, depression was not a big problem, there were no suicide attempts in his past. the idea he went up in san quintin and became depressed and decided to commit suicide is not what happened here. he agreed with the jury s findings. he went to death row and he hang
spring remembers the body of andrewer andrew urdiales victims were found including the youngest, tammy irwin. you can see her body from the road way. dresses in shorts and in a summary outfit. she had these tennis shoes on and she was laying faced down from the dirt. we later figured out where the car tracks of andrew urdiales vehicle. detective booth interrogated the serial killer in chicago after urdiales confessed three murders there and five more in california. well, first i was a little afraid and i realized police officers should not be afraid of a guy who i am twice as big as but just the way he was callously talking about what he
for anyone. is my life worth living or isn t it? whether he would ultimately face capital punishment was uncertain. california has over 700 inmates on death row. they re far more likely to die of suicide or old age. the state has not executed anyone in over a decade. in fact, the governor just ordered the state s execution chamber to be closed. remember, andrew urdiales was a professional death row inmate. he d been on death row in illinois for years and years and years. and san quentin of the death rows in america, it s not bad. they get their own cell, they get tv. depression was not a big problem. there were no real suicide attempts in his past. so the idea that he wound up in san quentin and suddenly became so depressed that he decided to commit suicide is absolutely not
march 2018 in california, urdiales stands trial for a third time. he had this unique experience where he was convicted for two murders and went to death role in illinois and the sentence was commuted. matt fmurphy. as prosecutors we have to ensure that person does not get out. we find andrew urdiales guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. more than 20 years after he was caught, the jury found urdiales guilty of murdering five women in california. he has absolutely no remorse. five months later, the death penalty phase of sentencing. i remember knowing this day would come.