Coroner's office finds prison inmate died from stab wounds

Nov. 16—An inmate who was attacked Oct. 6 at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano died that same day from multiple stab wounds, the Kern County coroner's office disclosed Thursday.

Richard Arthur Aguirre, 46, died at 7:20 p.m. at Adventist Health Delano after being attacked inside the prison at 6:34 p.m., the Kern County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that classified his manner of death as a homicide.