Gary T. Boyd, 67, was pronounced dead at the institution at
approximately 10 a.m. on April 28 from an apparent head injury.
Prison officials and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office have
named inmate Jack Edwin Denzer, 55, as a suspect in the case. The suspect has
been placed in the administrative segregation unit pending the investigation.
Inmate Boyd was received on February 8, 2008 from Santa Barbara County to
serve a 72-year sentence for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.
Inmate Denzer was received from Los Angeles County on July 8, 1980 to
serve a 25-year-to-life term for first-degree murder.
CSATF provides educational, vocational,
re-entry and self-help programs that provide inmates life skills, and work
skills that can be used in support of their efforts at reintegration into
society. The facility has unique substance abuse treatment programs developed
specifically for providing rehabilitation to inmates with long-term substance
abuse issues.
For more information about CSATF, visit CDCR’s website at www.cdcr.ca.gov.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2012
Contact: Lupe Cartagena
(559) 992-7154
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