Overview
- Authorities identified the suspect as Dangelo Nowlin, 33, of Yuba City, California, and the victim as Erick Gainer, 41.
- Investigators say Nowlin entered the C Block cell around 11:50 a.m., threw Gainer from a top bunk, then punched and kicked him as other inmates reported cries for help.
- Jail video captured the assault, and officers observed swelling and a cut on Nowlin’s right hand consistent with striking a hard surface.
- Gainer underwent emergency surgery for brain swelling at Holy Spirit Hospital and died around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
- Nowlin was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge David J. Rogers, denied bail, and scheduled for a Nov. 5 preliminary hearing; he had been arrested earlier that day for defiant trespass at a truck stop where he was also cited for harassment.