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Daniel Samford

43 years old · died August 27, 2026 · Great Plains Correctional Institution, Caddo County, Oklahoma

Daniel Samford died at Great Plains Correctional Center on August 27, 2026, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Daniel Samford was 43 years old. The department's list shows the medical examiner's ruling on the manner of death as pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as pending.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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