'Sausage King' is found dead in his prison cell
Suzanne Herel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

(12-27) 09:39 PST SAN QUENTIN -- The self-proclaimed "Sausage King" sentenced to death in February for murdering three meat inspectors during a 2000 rampage was found dead in his prison cell this morning.

Prison spokesman Sgt. Eric Messick said a correctional officer conducting routine rounds at 4:30 a.m. noticed that Stuart Alexander, 44, did not appear to be breathing.

"He was quickly removed from his cell," Messick said. "All attempts to revive him failed."

The prison physician pronounced Alexander dead at 5:15 a.m. The Marin County Coroner is scheduled to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

"There is nothing to suggest any foul play," Messick said, adding that it did not appear that Alexander killed himself.

Alexander was housed in a cell by himself in the infirmary, where he was being evaluated for health issues, Messick said.

Messick said that Alexander had spent time in the infirmary off and on since June, but he would not reveal the nature of Alexander's health problems.

On Oct. 19, 2004, a jury convicted Alexander of three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and four special-circumstances murder clauses for killing three inspectors on June 21, 2000.

In February, an Alameda County superior court Judge Vernon Nakahara sentenced Alexander to death.

A security camera at Alexander's Santos Linguisa Factory in San Leandro captured the shooting deaths of U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspectors Jean Hillery, 56, and Tom Quadros, 52, and state Inspector Bill Shaline, 57.

Alexander -- once a San Leandro mayoral candidate -- also was convicted of attempted murder for chasing state Inspector Earl Willis and firing five shots at him. Willis was not injured.

At the time of the trial, Nakahara said Alexander clearly had premeditated the killings. He said Alexander had a history of violence since the age of 17, including beating an elderly neighbor during a dispute.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John Laettner said the surveillance videotape showed the inspectors waiting in the lobby with no idea of the violence to come.

"They were ambushed, plain and simple," Laettner said.

long live the sausage king

That's what I'm saying.

I wonder if Sausage king was related to Kebab King or Sausage Platter? At least someone should tell them.

superspaceboy said:

no.

KebabKing said:

No we sould not tell you or no you are not related?

superspaceboy said:

no relation

KebabKing said:

well, that's was a lot of joke set-up for nothing...


i love it

cborgman said:

hey, i come here for intellectual debate and enlightment, who said anything about jokes?

KebabKing said:

and all this time i thought you were an org character... sorry.

cborgman said:

Isn't he/she?

cborgman said:

google images "org character"

superspaceboy said:

i think so

cborgman said:

there are so many...and half are AB's I just don't know anymore and go with the flow

Jesus Lord! I thought you were talking about the orger "KingSausage"... Thank God it wasn't him I miss that dude.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

that was my first thought too, and it scared me.

whatever happened to him? he was funny as hell

BCorgman said:

Yeah, he shows up once in a blue moon. He was/is a truly hilarious dude! Glad to see this wasn't about him.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I did too!, but I didn't think he meant dead dead, just account deleted.

WOW!