Arturo Hinojos Jr.
Arturo Hinojos Jr. was held at the Stephens County Jail in Duncan, Oklahoma, in May 2024. According to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation affidavits citing the autopsy report, jail staff gave him Narcan on May 9, 2024, and he was then taken to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was diagnosed with brain death, kept on life support, and died three days later, and the autopsy listed the probable cause as acute fentanyl toxicity. Court documents describe the death as an overdose, and investigators say fentanyl pills were smuggled into the facility; the medical examiner's official cause and manner of death were still pending in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Court documents and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation affidavits, citing the autopsy, say he died of acute fentanyl toxicity from pills smuggled into the Stephens County Jail.
Reported by: state medical examiner autopsy; Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation affidavits (outside investigators); court documents; KSWO 7News (reporters).