Officials of the core of Valley State prisons who examine the death of a detained person as a murder

Delano – Officials of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) examine May 21, 2025, the death of a detained person in the core of Valley State Prison (KVSP) as a murder.

At 1:41 p.m. the detained people William A. Nesler III. And Edward R. Holden III. Given the detained person Timothy Whelan.

The employees replied immediately, with verbal orders and then chemical means suppressed with the attack. The employees activated 911 and transported WHelan, which was used with an improvised weapon in line with the weapons used in the incident in the triage and treatment area of ​​the prison, where he died by medical staff at 2:12 a.m., no staff or additional imprisoned people were injured.

Two improvised weapons were found at the scene.

Nesler and Holden were moved to limited apartments until the examination.

Officials have a limited population movement to facilitate the examination of the KVSP Investigative Services Unit and the district prosecutor's office of Kern County. The general inspector's office was notified and the forensic doctor of Kern County will determine the official cause of death.

The 56-year-old Whelan was last received on July 16, 2007 from Los Angeles County, which was condemned to live with the possibility of probation for a second degree murder. On March 14, 2005, Los Angeles County, he was sentenced to two years, eight months to discharge a firearm in an unoccupied vehicle/apartment and possession of a firearm by a criminal. While he was imprisoned, on December 3, 2009, he was sentenced to one year for the possession/manufacture of a fatal weapon by a prisoner and on May 14, 2014 for four years for possession of a controlled substance, an obligation as a second striker.

The 43-year-old Nesler was received on June 20, 2005 from Tuolumne County, for life with the possibility of probation for the first degree murder and three years for the production, sale or possession of a weapon that is to be operated at the same time. While incarcerated, he what senteced by sacramento County on July 17, 2013, to one year for possession of a controlled substance in jail/prison, and by del Norte County on April 25, 2019, to nine years for assault with a deadly with or force Likean Great body Injury, an in-Prison Offens, as a second striker, with an enhancement for a prior felony conviction of a serious offense.

The 35-year-old Holden, the 35, was recently preserved from Solano County, to live with the possibility of a probation for the first degree, with improvements to the deliberate dismissal of a firearm, the great physical injuries/deaths, a firearm and the use of a firearm and two years for possession/guns by firearms by firearms through a firearm or added to serve.

KVSP was opened in 2005 and houses over 3,100 minimum, medium and high-security custody mates. KVSP offers academic classes and professional programs and employs around 1,500 people.

For immediate publication: May 21, 2025

Contact Opec: opec@cdcr.ca.gov