Inmate who killed Beaumont businessman in 2006 within the Cajon Pass dies in jail

A person convicted of murdering a 55-year-old Beaumont businessman within the Cajon Pass was discovered dead in his cell Monday, April 29, on the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stated Tuesday.

John Wayne Thomson, 64, died in his cell on the Medical Facility hospice unit, and his reason for dying will probably be decided by the Solano County Coroner’s Office, the corrections company stated in a information launch.

Thomson was sentenced to dying on April 4, 2014, for fatally stabbing Charles Hedlund after the sufferer provided Thomson a journey in 2006. It was reported in 2013 that Thomson was in a stolen automobile that had damaged down when Hedlund stopped to assist him.

Additionally, Thomson was convicted of second-degree theft, aggravated mayhem, carjacking and two counts of tried carjacking stemming from a criminal offense spree in Victorville just some days after Hedlund’s homicide.

Authorities stated Thomson attacked a 70-year-old man with a hammer and stole his automotive, then tried to steal vehicles from two ladies.

At trial, prosecutors referred to as Thomson a serial killer since he was linked to the Washington state homicides of James Ehrgott, 73, and Lori Hamm, 36, who each went lacking in the summertime of 2006.