Deaths in Custody
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Drahkee House

45 years old · died March 15, 2026 · San Diego Central Jail, San Diego County, California

Drahkee House, a 45-year-old man, died on March 15, 2026, at the San Diego Central Jail, where he was held. According to the summary of sources, he fainted in his cell area, and other people held at the jail alerted deputies before he was taken to the jail medical clinic and then to a hospital, where he died. The sheriff's office and the Medical Examiner's Office attributed his death to a pulmonary blood clot, with morbid obesity noted as a factor, and classified it as natural. The sheriff's homicide unit is investigating the death, as it does for in-custody deaths, and that review remains ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Medical Examiner's Office attributed the death to a pulmonary blood clot and classified it as natural, with morbid obesity noted as a factor.

Reported by: Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); San Diego County Sheriff's officials (the agency that held him).

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