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Arrest Made in Jail Homicide Investigation
Nature of Incident: | Arrest Made in Jail Homicide Investigation | ||||
Report Number: | 18-142908 | ||||
Location: | Pre-Trial Detention Facility; 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura |
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Date & Time: | 09/27/2018 @ 9:00 AM | ||||
Unit(s) Responsible: | Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau PTDF Classification Unit PTDF Legal Unit Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office |
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(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty (D)ecedent |
City of Residence |
Age | |||
(D) Jeffrey Louis Kibler (S) Daniel Luis Fuller |
Ventura Ventura |
53 34 |
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Narrative: |
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On September 11, 2018, Mr. Jeffrey Kibler was transported from the Pre-Trial Detention Facility (PTDF) to the Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) due to a medical emergency. Mr. Kibler subsequently died a few hours after arriving at the hospital. An autopsy conducted by the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Mr. Kibler died as a result of blunt force trauma and his death was classified as a homicide. A joint investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau and the PTDF Classification Unit concluded that another inmate, Mr. Daniel Fuller, physically battered Mr. Kibler while in the dayroom of their assigned housing section. The battery occurred on September 11, 2018, just prior to the jail staff’s discovery of Mr. Kibler’s medical emergency. The injuries sustained from the battery were the cause of Mr. Kibler’s death. At the time of the incident, Mr. Fuller had been in custody for violating the terms of his Post Release Community Supervision resulting from a 2017 conviction for stealing a vehicle and resisting arrest. On September 27, 2018, Mr. Fuller was arrested at the PTDF for a violation of California Penal Code section 187(a) - Murder, 2nd Degree. Mr. Fuller remains in custody with his bail set at $2,000,000.00. He is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on October 1, 2018. |
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Prepared by: | Detective Sergeant Dean Worthy | ||||
News Release Date: | 09/27/2018 | ||||
Media Follow-Up Contact: | Captain Garo Kuredjian (805) 797-6322; [email protected] |
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Approved by: | Captain Jeff Miller |
Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511