Austin Bishop
Austin Bishop, 30, died on January 12, 2022, while held at the Oklahoma County Detention Center. According to a jail news release, a detention officer found him unresponsive while serving breakfast around 6:15 a.m. The Oklahoma City Free Press reported that investigators were reviewing site checks that were supposed to occur between midnight and 6:15 a.m. A later toxicology report obtained by KFOR lists fentanyl as the cause of death and the manner as an accident, while the State Medical Examiner's Office had not yet released its determination at the time of the earlier reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. A toxicology report obtained by KFOR lists fentanyl toxicity as the cause of death and the manner as an accident.
Reported by: toxicology report obtained by KFOR (medical examiner or coroner).
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- Oklahoma County jail reports first detainee death of the year, investigation underway
- First Oklahoma County Jail death of 2022 under investigation
- Scrutiny grows as Oklahoma County Jail sees 12th inmate death in 2022
- 14 Oklahoma County Detention Center inmates have died this year; toxicology report claims 1/4 are due to fentanyl overdoses