Man who dedicated homicide in Lytle Creek in 1996 is slain in jail

A person who fatally shot an individual execution-style within the San Bernardino County group of Lytle Creek in 1996 was attacked and killed by two fellow inmates at High Desert State Prison in Susanville on Friday, May 3, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stated Wednesday.

Scott Troy Cook, 49, was discovered stabbed round 9:30 a.m. and was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later. Two manufactured weapons had been recovered. Inmates John Patch and Zachary Harris are below investigation, corrections officers stated. No motive for the assault was introduced.

Harris, 36, has been on the jail in Lassen County since 2021 after a conviction for second-degree homicide in San Diego County. Patch, 30, was despatched to the jail in 2022 after a second-degree homicide conviction, additionally in San Diego County.

Cook was convicted of first-degree homicide in San Bernardino County for the slaying of Patrick Lynn Dailey. He was sentenced to life with out parole and despatched to jail in 2000, the corrections company stated.

In August 1996, Dailey visited the house of a lady the place Cook and three others had been current, in line with courtroom information. Dailey agreed to drive one of many males to a gasoline station to purchase gasoline. Cook and one other man accompanied them.

Cook and the others then pressured Dailey into the again of his truck. Another confederate drove them to the Lytle Creek space, the place Cook ordered Dailey out of the truck and to get on his knees earlier than Cook shot and robbed him, courtroom information say.