The Associated Press
Posted: 02/06/2009 08:36:06 PM PST
ORANGE, Calif.—The veteran sheriff's deputy on duty when an inmate was stomped to death by other prisoners at an Orange County jail has left the Sheriff's Department.
After 10 months on paid leave, Deputy Kevin Taylor's last day was Wednesday. The department's disciplinary records are private so it was not clear if he resigned or was fired.
Taylor is the eighth sheriff's employee to leave the department amid a grand jury investigation into the 2006 death.
A grand jury investigation found that John Derek Chamberlain, 41, was beaten to death while Taylor watched television nearby. Taylor was not charged.
Suspects in the killing told investigators that Taylor and another deputy ordered them to attack Chamberlain because the deputies labeled him a child molester. Chamberlain was awaiting trial on possessing child pornography.
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Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com
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