{"id":50448,"date":"2020-01-23T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/?p=50448"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:02:22","slug":"2nd-child-molester-dies-prison-attack-california-inmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/fr\/2020\/01\/23\/2e-agresseur-denfant-meurt-prisonnier-dattaque-en-californie\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Child-Sex Offender Dies After California Inmate Jonathan Watson Beat Him With a Cane at Corcoran Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_65327\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bChvFq2O7DU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"California inmate kills convicted child molester during attack, officials say\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bChvFq2O7DU\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CORCORAN, CALIFORNIA &#8211;<\/strong> A second child molester who was convicted and serving a life sentence in the Central California state prison succumbed to his wounds and died after being attacked by a fellow inmate, according to a Wednesday announcement by state prison officials.<\/p>\n<p>62-year-old Graham De Luis-Conti died from his injuries on Sunday, three days after he and another inmate were brutally beaten at the State Prison in Corcoran at its California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/2020\/01\/22\/2nd-child-molester-serving-life-sentence-dies-after-being-attacked-by-central-california-inmate-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to KTLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>41-year-old Jonathan Watson used a walking cane to brutally strike De Luis-Conti and aged 48 David Bobb, which left both of the men with multiple head injuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2020\/01\/18\/california-inmate-killed-prisoner-serving-life-sentence-child-sexual-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We previously reported<\/a> on the death of Mr. Bobb who died while being transported to a hospital. De Luis- Conti died later at the medical center.<\/p>\n<p>Both of those men were serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the crime of aggravated sexual assault against a child under 14 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Watson is serving a life prison sentence for murder in the first degree. Watson has been at the Corcoran prison since September 4, 2009.<\/p>\n<h2>Watson Confessed to Both Killings in a Letter<\/h2>\n<p>A month after the attack, Jonathan Watson removed any doubt about what happened inside the dormitory pod. In a letter to the Bay Area News Group, he confessed to fatally beating both Graham De Luis-Conti and David Bobb on January 16, 2020, describing how he picked up a walking cane and struck the first man after the prisoner repeatedly turned a dayroom television to PBS Kids in front of other inmates. On his way to alert a guard and surrender, Watson wrote, he came upon the second man, whom he described as a known child predator, and decided to attack him as well. Corrections officials and the Kings County Coroner&rsquo;s Office investigated the deaths, and records list both victims as having been serving life terms with the possibility of parole for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14.<\/p>\n<h2>A Killing Watson Says Officials Were Warned About<\/h2>\n<p>What turned the case into a broader indictment of the prison system was Watson&rsquo;s claim that he had tried to stop himself. He said his classification had recently been dropped from Level III to Level II, pulling him out of a single cell and into dormitory housing, a move he protested as careless. Roughly two hours before the beatings, Watson said, he warned a prison counselor that he urgently needed to return to higher security before he hurt someone, only to be brushed aside.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, the California Office of the Inspector General confirmed that no California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee faced discipline over the deaths, even with Watson&rsquo;s documented grievances and the housing decision that placed a man convicted of murder in close quarters with convicted child sex offenders. Watson remained in the state prison system with a parole date now set years into the future. The two deaths fit a grim and well-documented pattern: an Associated Press analysis found that male sex offenders, while a minority of California&rsquo;s prison population, are killed at a sharply disproportionate rate behind bars, frequently singled out by other inmates for <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/crime-news\/\">crimes against children<\/a>. The same pattern shows up in our reporting on <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2019\/10\/14\/uk-worst-pedophiles-stabbed-death-prison\/\">U.K. child sex offenders stabbed to death in prison<\/a>, the later killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2023\/08\/06\/ian-watkins-ex-lostprophets-singer-and-convicted-pedophile-stabbed-in-prison\/\">Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins<\/a>, and a California inmate who <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2021\/03\/31\/child-molester-chokes-to-death\/\">choked a child molester to death<\/a>. For the networks those men belonged to before they were locked up, see <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2016\/12\/03\/hiding-plain-sight-global-pedophile-ring-exposed\/\">Hiding in Plain Sight<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2017\/07\/10\/worldwide-network-87000-pedophiles-dismantled-u-s-media-silent\/\">Elysium 87,000-member bust<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous article: <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2020\/01\/18\/california-inmate-killed-prisoner-serving-life-sentence-child-sexual-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">A California Inmate Killed a Prisoner Serving Life Sentence for Child Sexual Assault<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham De Luis-Conti died three days after Jonathan Watson used a walking cane on two Corcoran inmates serving life for raping a child under 14. 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