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Dean Vanwinkle

67 years old · died January 8, 2025 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Oklahoma

Dean Vanwinkle died in a hospital on January 8, 2025, held at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Dean Vanwinkle was 67 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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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