A SALINAS VALLEY PRISON INMATE FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL BACK IN MARCH DIED FROM OVERDOSING ON WATER. 36-YEAR-OLD DESMOND J. WATKINS WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HIS CELL WHEN JAIL STAFF CHECKED IN ON HIM MARCH 22nd. HE WAS TAKEN TO SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL A SHORT TIME LATER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. OFFICIALS WHO INVESTIGATED WATKINS’ DEATH DETERMINED IT WAS ACCIDENTAL FROM OVERDOSING ON WATER.
