Inmate who murdered the trans woman he was forced to room with is sentenced to death

Miguel Crespo, a man convicted of murder while an inmate in Bakersfield, California, was sentenced to death on Thursday. The murder was of his transgender bunkmate, Carmen Guerrero, who he shared a cell with for no more than eight hours.

While being housed in Kern Valley State Prison, Carmen Guerrero was roomed with Jonathan Wilson, who Planet Transgender reports was Guerrero’s lover, Wilson was abruptly moved from the cell and eventually transferred from the prison. Guerrero begged corrections officers for a “nice” cellmate, but on October 13, 2013 (some reports list November 1), Crespo was moved in to bunk with her – despite promising he would kill her if he was forced to room with her.

Authors
Juwan J. Holmes
Type
News
Standards
None
State
California
Facility
Prisons and Jails
Terms
Transgender
LGBTI