06 August 2020 :
Orlando G. Romero died Sunday at an outside hospital, apparently from complications related to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Sunday. Romero is the 11th condemned prisoner at San Quentin to die since late June, the Department of Corrections said. He was the 20th San Quentin prisoner overall to die from complications of COVID-19, according to the Marin County Health and Human Services. The CDCR reported on Monday that more than 8,287 prisoners statewide have tested positive for COVID-19, including 49 deaths. San Quentin reported 145 active cases and 21 deaths. Romero, 48, was sentenced to death and to three life-with-parole sentences in Riverside County on Aug. 28, 1996, for the Oct. 12, 1992 murders of Joey Mans, 26, and Timothy Kipp Jones, 24, and the Nov. 25, 1992 of Jose Aragon, 22.
