SOLEDAD PRISON DEATH 10/12/12 6:00a DMF

CALIFORNIA PRISON OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT THE RECENT DEATH OF A SOLEDEAD PRISON INMATE AS A POSSIBLE HOMICIDE. 52 YEAR OLD RICK STOCKTON WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE BATHROOM OF THE MEDIUM-SECURITY CORRECTIONAL TRAINING FACILITY ON SUNDAY, AND WAS DECLARED DEAD AT AN OUTSIDE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER. STOCKTON WAS FIRST EMITTED INTO THE PRISON SYSTEM ON AUGUST 199 FROM EL DORADO COUNTY, WHERE HE WAS CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON, GRAND THEFT, ROBBERY AND FORGERY; HE WAS SERVING A SENTENCE OF 25 TO LIFE.