Stuart Alexander was formally sentenced to death by Judge Vern Nakahara in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland, California, Tuesday, February 15, 2005.
Posted on 12/27/2005 9:49:25 AM PST by NormsRevenge
(12-27) 09:39 PST SAN QUENTIN -- The self-proclaimed "Sausage King" sentenced to death in February for murdering three meat inspectors during a 2000 rampage was found dead in his prison cell this morning.
Prison spokesman Sgt. Eric Messick said a correctional officer conducting routine rounds at 4:30 a.m. noticed that Stuart Alexander, 44, did not appear to be breathing.
"He was quickly removed from his cell," Messick said. "All attempts to revive him failed."
The prison physician pronounced Alexander dead at 5:15 a.m. The Marin County Coroner is scheduled to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
"There is nothing to suggest any foul play," Messick said, adding that it did not appear that Alexander killed himself.
Alexander was housed in a cell by himself in the infirmary, where he was being evaluated for health issues, Messick said.
Messick said that Alexander had spent time in the infirmary off and on since June, but he would not reveal the nature of Alexander's health problems.
On Oct. 19, 2004, a jury convicted Alexander of three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and four special-circumstances murder clauses for killing three inspectors on June 21, 2000.
In February, an Alameda County superior court Judge Vernon Nakahara sentenced Alexander to death.
A security camera at Alexander's Santos Linguisa Factory in San Leandro captured the shooting deaths of U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspectors Jean Hillery, 56, and Tom Quadros, 52, and state Inspector Bill Shaline, 57.
Alexander -- once a San Leandro mayoral candidate -- also was convicted of attempted murder for chasing state Inspector Earl Willis and firing five shots at him. Willis was not injured.
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I never sausage a thing.
Stuart Alexander was formally sentenced to death by Judge Vern Nakahara in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland, California, Tuesday, February 15, 2005.
San Fransisco Chronicle, suggestive nickname, prison . . . what can possibly go wrong with this thread?
Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago, is dead?
What a poser. Everyone knows Abe Frohman is the sausage king.
"In February, an Alameda County superior court Judge Vernon Nakahara sentenced Alexander to death."
Well?
Abe Frohman died? Shame.
D'oh! Beat me by 3 seconds.
He was a walking time bomb.
I thought this was about "Brokeback Mountain."
'e's 'olding me sausage.......
I mean 'e's 'olding me 'ostage......
Unfortunately he found out that his cellmate was the real sausage king.
If he only wrote a few children books.
So this guy was a pretender to the sausage throne?
I fear the wurst.
Judging from the photo, I'd say too much sausage in his diet, resulting in obesity and, probably, clogged arteries. Just a hunch.
"Nobody moves in on my turf."
reason enough to lock him up and put an iron mask on him
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