Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: Sheriff’s Pre-Trial Detention Facility, Ventura, CA
Date & Time: 02/16/2009 at 4:30 pm
Name of Subject: HERNANDEZ, Daniel Tidoso

A Ventura County Jail inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 4:30 pm on Monday, the victim of an apparent suicide. He was found during one of the regular checks of each cell in the jail. Sheriff’s deputies and jail medical personnel immediately initiated Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and worked to revive him. Ventura City Fire and AMR Paramedics arrived and continued to provide care for Hernandez. Paramedics pronounced him dead at approximately 5:04 pm. Hernandez, a 28-year-old resident of Oxnard, had been in custody for several months.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit responded to the jail and is conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the inmate’s death. The preliminary investigation indicates foul play is not suspected. Hernandez was housed alone at the time.

The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy to establish the manner and cause of death.