According to prison authorities, on July 12, 2010, custody staff found inmate Lay G-37678 unresponsive in his bed and not breathing and without pulse. Staff immediately sounded their alarm and started CPR. Medical staff was called and responded to the scene. A Code 3 ambulance was called. Paramedics arrived to the scene and through attending physicians via an outside hospital, inmate Lay was declared dead at 2022 hours. Inmate Lay was 63 years old and came to San Quentin on October 23, 2008.