Why did the prison guards lie when Luis Romero was beheaded by his cellmate?

• Luis Romero was beheaded by his cellmate.
• Could it have been prevented?
• His cellmate Jaime Osuna committed the heinous crime.

Like something out of a horror movie. On March 9, 2019, Luis Romero was brutally murdered in prison by his cellmate, Jaime Osuna.

More than four years after this tragic incident, questions about why the guards lied about what really happened resurface.

It is worth noting that Luis and Jaime shared a cell in Corcoran State Prison in California.

It didn’t take long for the whole truth to come out. The news had a significant impact on the Hispanic community in the United States.

Luis Romero smiles, not knowing his tragic fate

Without knowing the horror that awaited him, Luis Romero was captured smiling in a police booking photo.

This photo was taken before he was tortured and decapitated by Jaime Osuna.

However, there is no information about the exact date when this photograph was taken.

It is worth mentioning that Romero spent many years in prison after being found guilty of homicide.

The prison guards lied about what happened that night

According to the Los Angeles Times, after the prison guards completed their rounds, they were not entirely honest.

They stated that both Luis Romero (44) and Jaime Osuna (31) were alive at that time. But that wasn’t all.

According to previous reports, Osuna — who referred to himself a Satanist — had previously attacked other inmates.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was criticized for its handling of this case and for delaying disciplinary action against the guards.

Luis Romero was beheaded by Jaime Osuna

It is worth noting that the reports do not mention why the guards did discover what happened in a timely manner.

Luis Romero’s family filed a complaint, claiming that the cell bars were covered by a white sheet.

In other words, the guards did not do their job properly and did not conduct a thorough inspection.

«The idea that my client had to file a lawsuit to get answers to basic questions about his son’s death is disheartening,» said Justin Sterling,

The importance of cell checks

Sterling, the lawyer for Luis Romero’s family, stated that the guards were supposed to periodically check the cell.

It took Jaime Osuna hours to commit the crime, so it’s possible Luis would still be alive if the required checks had been carried out.

At the time, Fox News reported that Osuna had crafted an improvised knife and used it to decapitate his cellmate.

To make matters worse, he tore out an eye, cut off a finger, cut out part of one of his lungs and cut his face. Terrifying.

Jaime Osuna was already a killer

Jaime Osuna, who brutally decapitated Luis Romero, was serving a life sentence, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The self-described Satanist tortured and killed Yvette Peña in a motel in Bakersfield, California, in 2011. She was 37 years old.

In his 2017 trial, he is remembered for mocking the victim’s family and bragging to a reporter that he enjoyed torturing people.

After Romero’s murder, the guards found Osuna wearing a necklace made from parts of his victim’s body.