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SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — A prison inmate who spent more than 30 years on California's death row for beating to death a woman and her 2-year-old daughter during a burglary died early Wednesday of natural causes, state corrections officials said.
Richard Gonzales Samayoa, 69, was pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison about 1:15 a.m., according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Richard Samayoa, 69, was convicted of killing Nelia Silva, 33, and her 2-year-old daughter Katherine in 1985. He died in prison Wednesday, according to state officials.