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Colton McKinley

28 years old · died February 1, 2019 · Pasco County Detention Center, Pasco County, Florida

Colton McKinley, 28, of Port Richey, died on February 1, 2019, at the Land O' Lakes Detention Center in Pasco County, Florida, where he was held. He was found unresponsive in his cell, and jail medical staff gave him four doses of Narcan before he was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said he died of an apparent overdose from fentanyl-laced methamphetamine that it says was smuggled into the jail, while the medical examiner's autopsy and toxicology results were still pending. Reports say five people overdosed at the facility in the same period, and the cause of death was not confirmed in these accounts.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says Colton McKinley died of an apparent drug overdose, with methamphetamine suspected and toxicology results pending, and that the drugs were smuggled into the jail.

Reported by: Pasco 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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