San Quentin inmate who killed off-duty California detective in 1985 dies

A 68-year-old man convicted of murdering an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department detective in 1985 was found dead inside his cell Monday, April 29, while incarcerated at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, officials said.

Los Angeles Police Detective Thomas Williams, who was fatally shot in 1985 while picking up his 6-year-old son from daycare in Canoga Park. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Police Department)

The death is being investigated as a suicide after Daniel Jenkins, the inmate condemned to death...