David Earls
David Earls, 66, died on February 5, 2011, at McAlester Regional Health Center, where he was taken from the Pittsburg County Jail in Oklahoma after jail personnel noticed he was ill. He had been held at the jail since 2008, awaiting trial in a separate case. Undersheriff Richard Bedford said Earls had health problems from the time he arrived and was kept in a single cell so staff could give him prescribed breathing treatments. The cause of death and what happened at the jail beforehand are not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Pittsburg County Undersheriff Richard Bedford said David Earls had health problems from the time he arrived at the jail and was kept in a single cell so staff could give him prescribed breathing treatments.
Reported by: Pittsburg County Undersheriff Richard Bedford (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.