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Cindy Salazar

39 years old · died 2021 · Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Cindy Salazar, 39, died in 2021 at a hospital after being held at the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma, for the U.S. Marshals Service. According to a state health department report, her cellmates told detention officers she was having seizures before she was taken to the hospital. Prison Legal News reported that she had seizures while at the jail awaiting pickup by the Marshals. Her death was reported to the state health department.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). Cellmates told detention officers she was having seizures before she was taken to the hospital, but no source reports how she died; the accounts describe a delayed response only in general terms.

Reported by: Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center cellmates (witnesses).

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