A High Desert State Prison inmate died at a Las Vegas hospital on Saturday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

Malik Avila, 24, died at MountainView Hospital, though no cause of death was given in a news release from the department.

Avila was serving a sentence of 10 years to life in connection with the murder of Joseph Jarratt in Dayton in May of 2018. Avila, 17 at the time of the crime, was convicted of second-degree murder.

An autopsy was requested, the department said. High Desert, which is in Indian Springs, is about 40 miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas.

In an unrelated announcement, the department also said Angela Rubalcava, 44, an inmate at Ely State Prison, died Nov. 13. An autopsy was requested for Rubalcava’s cause of death as well, the department said.

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