A notorious 66-year-old pedophile was beaten to death just days after arriving at a California prison, according to officials.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it received Agustin Duran at the Wasco State Prison, about 30 miles northwest of Bakersfield, on July 2.
The sexagenarian pedophile was looking forward to serving his 55 years to life prison sentence with the possibility of parole after being convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old in Los Angeles County, according to the agency.
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However, on July 7, at around 7:20 p.m., just days after arriving in prison, 19-year-old Andres Ayon allegedly started punching him in the face and upper torso.
An alarm prompted all inmates to drop on the ground except Ayon, who kept striking Duran, despite being politely asked to cease and desist by prison officers.
The teenager eventually complied stopped striking the 66-year-old pedophile after staffers used a pepper spray grenade and was placed into a temporary holding cell, according to the department. Duran was airlifted to a hospital and was declared dead the next day at around 4:48 p.m., authorities said.
WGNTV reports: Ayon, who had been in CDCR custody since June 22, was serving a six-year sentence for second-degree robbery and use of a deadly weapon in Kern County. He received treatment at the prison for minor injuries following the incident and was placed at an administrative segregation unit, the agency said.
The prison housed around 4,900 inmates, according to CDCR.
Officials provided no further information.
