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Inmate who killed ‘I-5 Strangler’ attacked Paul Flores in jail, report reveals

The assault on Kristin Sensible’s killer in August at Nice Valley State Jail is being investigated as an tried murder with the suspect already serving two consecutive life sentences for homicide.

The California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation says its investigation into the assault of Paul Flores within the jail yard at round 10 a.m. on Aug. 23 is now full, including that the suspect is fellow inmate Jason Burdrow. Jail workers say he was discovered close to the scene with a “manufactured weapon.”

Flores’ present lawyer, Harold Mesick, beforehand informed KSBY Flores had been minimize on the neck. He was taken to the hospital however returned to jail two days later. CDCR officers haven’t offered info on whether or not Flores was moved to a different space of the jail or was supplied any form of safety.

Budrow has been in CDCR custody since July 2011 and is at the moment serving two consecutive life sentences for first-degree homicide with out the potential of parole.

Whereas behind bars serving time for the primary homicide conviction, CDCR experiences Burdrow killed fellow inmate Roger Reece Kibbe, 81, also called the I-5 Strangler, in Feb. 2021 at Mule Creek State Jail and was sentenced to the second life sentence.

Flores was transferred into CDCR custody on March 30 of this yr to serve his25 years-to-life sentence following his conviction final yr for the 1996 homicide of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Sensible.

Flores could possibly be eligible for parole in about 15 years, the San Luis Obispo County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated following sentencing.

He’s due again in courtroom in Monterey County on Nov. 16 for a restitution standing willpower listening to.

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