LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The circumstances of jail inmates—initially introduced by the Nevada Division of Corrections merely as deaths—at the moment are a part of separate murder investigations, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
The inmates have been killed 10 days aside inside Excessive Desert State Jail exterior of Las Vegas.
Jacob Herman, 35, and Jordan Canteberry, 34, have been killed 10 days aside inside Excessive Desert State Jail exterior of Las Vegas. (Division of Corrections)
Jordan Canteberry, 34, died on July 26, in line with the division. He started serving a 12-to-30-month sentence for theft and possession of a firearm by an ex-felon in June, in line with information. His theft cost stemmed from a December 2024 theft, information present. Canteberry agreed to a plea deal in a second case after he was initially charged with three gun crimes.
Jacob Herman, 35, died on July 16, in line with the division. Herman was serving a 12-to-36-month sentence for larceny from an individual. Herman was initially charged with theft, agreed to a plea deal, and acquired a suspended sentence in Clark County, in line with courtroom information. A decide despatched him to jail in Could 2024 for violating the phrases of probation, information present.
Excessive Desert State Jail is a maximum-security jail facility situated close to Indian Springs, which is roughly a 45-minute drive north of Las Vegas.
The ability transitioned from a medium-security jail final 12 months. Two thousand inmates, together with Nevada’s demise row inhabitants, have been transferred from Ely State Jail, situated practically 300 miles north of Indian Springs.
The Nevada Division of Corrections introduced the deaths of each inmates in press releases, however didn’t embody that the inmates have been killed in these press releases. The division confirmed that each circumstances are suspected homicides after the 8 Information Now Investigators inquired.
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