In-Custody Death
August 24, 2025 – Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials report that on Friday, August 22, 2025, at 6:54 p.m., deputies from the Robert Presley Detention Center found an unresponsive male inmate, later identified as 46-year-old Ray Gonzalez of Jurupa Valley, in a housing unit cell.
Corrections staff and jail medical personnel immediately administered lifesaving measures supported by responding paramedics. Attempts to resuscitate inmate Gonzalez were unsuccessful and he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Central Investigations Bureau and the Coroner’s Bureau responded and assumed the investigation. There were no signs of foul play and this incident appears to be a suicide.
The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available. Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Investigator Brett Devine at 951-922-7695.
Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Matt Posson
File # RC252340005
Source: Riverside County Sheriff's Office