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Dancing Feathers Whitecrow

33 years old · died July 7, 2026 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Dancing Feathers Whitecrow, 33, died on July 7, 2026, while held at the Oklahoma County Detention Center, according to detention officials. Officials said she was found unresponsive in her cell around 6:52 p.m. and was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Investigators are looking into whether fentanyl smuggled into the facility played a role, and the Oklahoma County Criminal Investigations Division is investigating her death. The state medical examiner has not released an official cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Detention officials say she was found unresponsive in her cell and pronounced dead at a hospital, and the cause and manner of death remain under investigation by the Oklahoma County Criminal Investigations Division; court documents say investigators are looking into whether fentanyl smuggled into the facility played a role.

Reported by: Oklahoma County Detention Center officials (the agency that held her); Oklahoma County Criminal Investigations Division (outside investigators); court documents.

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