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David Daniel

died December 20, 2012 · Cotton County Jail, Cotton County, Oklahoma

David Daniel died in his cell at the Cotton County Jail in Oklahoma early on Thursday, December 20, 2012. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said it appears he hanged himself overnight by tying his underwear to the cell door, and that camera footage showed no sign of anything other than suicide. The agency said the reasons for his death were not yet clear and that investigators were reviewing writing he had done in his cell before he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said he appears to have hanged himself overnight with his underwear tied to the cell door, and that camera footage shows nothing other than suicide.

Reported by: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

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