The Bay Area man was killed last week in a California prison where he'd been serving a life sentence for murdering a close friend, officials said.

David Leonardo, 39, was originally sentenced to 15 years to life for killing Priscilla Rose Hernandez in 2011.

A Livermore man who was convicted of a 2012 murder died in prison Thursday after an apparent attack with an inmate-manufactured weapon, prison officials said. Jacob Kober, 35, was an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison.

State corrections officials have launched a homicide investigation after a convicted killer from Alameda County died following an incident at a Central Valley prison Thursday evening.

Jacob Kober, 35, was stabbed multiple times in his Kern Valley State Prison cell on Thursday, authorities said. His cellmate, identified as 39-year-old Matthew Perez, also sustained injuries consistent with a “prison manufactured weapon,

An inmate at Kern Valley State Prison died Thursday after an apparent attack with an inmate-manufactured weapon, his cellmate also suffering injuries, prison officials said. Jacob Kober, 35, was pronounced dead at 7:52 p.