California woman strangled to death while on overnight prison visit with quadruple murder convict husband

A 62-year-old grandma was killed portion having an overnight "conjugal visit" with her convicted murderer hubby astatine a California prison, according to reports. 

David Brinson, 54, was recovered blameworthy of sidesplitting 4 men successful 1993 and was sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole, tribunal records show. 

In November, Brinson had an unsupervised sojourn with woman Stephanie Dowells, 62, astatine Mule Creek State Prison in Northern California, FOX 40 reported. 

Brinson claimed to situation officials she had passed out, but the Amador County Coroner said this week her decease was a homicide and determined she had been strangled. No 1 has been charged successful the killing, KCRA-TV reported.

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David Brinson, 54, was recovered blameworthy of sidesplitting 4 men successful 1993 and was sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole, tribunal records show.  (CDCR)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Amador County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). 

"How could they conscionable fto this happen? I conscionable don't get it," Dowells’ son, Armand Torres, told KCRA-TV. "My ma was conscionable near alone, and she called for help, I'm sure, and there's thing she could do.

"Given the past that this feline has, we benignant of wanted to cognize however is it adjacent imaginable for them to beryllium unsupervised?" 

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Brinson has been housed astatine Mule Creek State Prison successful California since 1994.  (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The CDCR told KCRA, "Family visits are a privilege, and incarcerated persons indispensable use and conscionable strict eligibility criteria to beryllium approved. Only those who show sustained bully behaviour and conscionable circumstantial programme requirements are considered. These visits are designed to enactment affirmative household connections and palmy rehabilitation." 

Brinson was connected a household sojourn with his woman Stephanie Dowells erstwhile she was strangled to death. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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The prison's operations manual says prisoners connected a household sojourn indispensable contiguous themselves 4 times successful 24 hours and unscheduled checks tin beryllium made astatine immoderate time, but "every effort shall beryllium made to guarantee the privateness of the inmate and their visitor(s)," according to KCRA.