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Caitlyn Lewis

30 years old · died October 5, 2016 · Tulsa Jail, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Caitlyn Lewis, 30, died on October 5, 2016, while she was held at the Tulsa Jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to a Tulsa County Sheriff's Office inspection report, jailers found her hanging from a sprinkler pipe in her cell as they brought her medication, and a jail doctor pronounced her dead shortly after. One account describes her death as suicide. Jail officials had not released the reasons for her earlier stay in the medical unit or what items she was allowed to keep in her cell.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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

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