Coroner: Notorious East Bay Child Killer's Son Hangs Himself In State Prison
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Officials say the son of a notorious child killer hanged himself in a California prison at age 32.
The Sacramento County coroner's office said Wednesday that Curtis Dean Anderson Jr. died by suicide Monday in California State Prison-Sacramento.
He was the son of Curtis Dean Anderson Sr., who kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild in Vallejo in 1999. He was arrested the following year after kidnapping 8-year-old Midsi Sanchez, who escaped after two days. He was suspected in at least one additional child abduction.
His son was serving a 16-year voluntary manslaughter sentence for killing 31-year-old Vance Fisher in 2005. Anderson Jr. was sentenced to another nearly three years last fall for threatening a correctional officer.
His father died from medical complications in 2007 at age 46 while serving a life sentence.
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