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Delpha Spunaugle

76 years old · died May 5, 2026 · Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Delpha Spunaugle died at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center on May 5, 2026, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Delpha Spunaugle was 76 years old. The department lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident.

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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