Friends and family showed up to one of his favorite places to honor the dimple-faced boy with a love for Spiderman. Alex's mother, Mindy Mercado said, "From one day to the next my life changed." It'll ...

A death at Calipatria State Prison (CAL) on November 10, 2025, is being investigated as a homicide after an incarcerated person was attacked in an exercise yard. Prison staff responded to Eric ...

In the courtroom, the teenager killer sat still as the Judge Conklin read the guilty verdict. There was, however, an immediate gasp, a sigh of relief, from Alex Mercado's family. Mindy Mercado, ...

Authorities are investigating an incident after an inmate was killed on Monday. Staff responded when Eric Gonzalez and Javier A. Torres attacked fellow inmate Alex Mercado in the exercise yard at just ...