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SACRAMENTO – Authorities at California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) are investigating as a homicide the Aug. 23, 2024 death of Darryl W. Hudson, who was injured during a physical altercation the day before.
On August 22, at approximately 2:55 p.m., Hudson and five other inmates, Darin W. Mayberry, Robert M. Keller, Trey Watson, Marcel L. Battiest, and Otis Wyatt, allegedly started a fight in the break room, leading to Mayberry striking Hudson several times, knocking him unconscious.
Staff immediately stopped the incident with verbal commands and immediately called emergency services. Hudson was transported by ambulance to an outside medical facility. He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 6:11 PM on August 23. No staff or other inmates were injured.
Authorities are restricting movement in the yard where the fight occurred. Mayberry, Keller, Watson, Battiest and Wyatt are being held in restricted housing pending the completion of an investigation by the SAC Investigative Services Division and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office. The Office of the Inspector General has been notified and the Sacramento County Coroner will determine Hudson's official cause of death.
Hudson, 40, was an inmate out of Contra Costa County on Dec. 24, 2009, where he was sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder and first-degree robbery, with aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated battery. On May 13, 2021, Hudson was sentenced out of Kern County to seven years in prison for the prison offense of assault on a non-prisoner as a second striker with aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Mayberry, 30, was most recently sentenced on Sept. 11, 2018, out of Fresno County to 10 years in prison for second-degree robbery as a second striker with an extended sentence for a prior felony conviction.
Keller, 38, was admitted to the County of Los Angeles on June 21, 2007 and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, with an aggravated sentence for intentionally discharging a firearm causing serious injury or death. He was convicted for a second time of conspiracy to sell a controlled substance to a person in custody on November 6, 2012 and sentenced to 12 years in prison. On October 12, 2016, he was convicted for a second time of assault by an inmate with a deadly weapon or force likely to cause serious injury and on June 2, 2022, he was convicted for a second time of two years in prison for possession of a controlled substance and two years in prison for assault on a non-inmate.
Watson, 58, was sentenced on June 18, 2004 out of Kern County to 18 years in prison for assault with a firearm, with additional time served for discharge of a firearm and assault resulting in serious injury. Watson was sentenced on March 23, 2016 out of Monterey County to six years in prison for two counts of possession or manufacture of a deadly weapon by an inmate (repeat offender), and two years in prison.
Battiersto, 29, was received from Sonoma County on Feb. 16, 2024, and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for attempted second-degree murder and second-degree robbery, with additional aggravated sentences for intentional discharge of a firearm resulting in serious injury or death, use of a firearm and inflicting serious injury or death, and possession or possession of a firearm as a felon or addict.
Wyatt, 27, was received by Alameda County on January 12, 2024, and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder with aggravated use of a firearm, and to 21 years for intentional homicide with aggravated use of a firearm, to be served concurrently with the above sentences.
Opened in 1986, CSP-SAC is a maximum security prison in Folsom that houses approximately 1,990 inmates and employs approximately 1,700 staff. The facility houses inmates serving long sentences, those in need of specialized mental health programming, and those at high medical risk. The facility also offers work, career technical education, academic, self-help, arts, religion, and other rehabilitative programming.
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