Daniel Edward Freeman
Daniel Edward Freeman, 58, died on August 25, 2024, while held at the Cleveland County Detention Center in Oklahoma. Jail officials said he was found hanging from his bunk during a sight check, and the sheriff's office said he was seen moving in his cell at 10 p.m. and found unresponsive at 11:05 p.m. An autopsy report, as reported by News 9, said he died by suicide, hanging himself with a noose made from a piece of blanket, and the report raised the question of how the noose went undetected. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's findings have not been made public.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jail officials report that Daniel Freeman hanged himself in his cell, and the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's autopsy report, as reported by News 9, also gives suicide by hanging with a blanket noose.
Reported by: Cleveland County Detention Center officials (the agency that held him); Cleveland County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's autopsy report (medical examiner or coroner).
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