Inmate Held in Killing at Mental Hospital
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An inmate at Patton State Hospital was found dead in a bathroom late Wednesday, and police have arrested another inmate on suspicion of murder.
Law enforcement authorities said Dwight Wenholz, 43, was choked and slammed to the floor during an assault at the state mental hospital by fellow inmate Samuel G. Galindo, who was arrested.
Police described Wenholz as a long-term inmate committed for making bomb threats. Police said Wenholz and Galindo had had a long-running dispute.
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