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Aaron Spottedcorn

30 years old · died April 9, 2017 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Aaron Spottedcorn died on April 9, 2017, while held at the Oklahoma County Jail. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office said he was found with a sheet around his neck in his cell and that he had hanged himself. Sheriff's officials said he was housed alone in a maximum-security area and was not on suicide watch. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating. The Medical Examiner's Office had not yet ruled on the manner of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says he hanged himself with a sheet in his cell, and the Medical Examiner's Office has not yet ruled on the manner of death.

Reported by: Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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