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Dustin Revas

26 years old · died March 28, 2022 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Dustin Revas, 26, died at the Oklahoma County jail on March 28, 2022, after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the early hours of the morning. The jail's news release and its director of communications said the death is under investigation, with a possible drug overdose among the questions being examined. A toxicology report obtained by KFOR lists fentanyl as the cause of death and an accident as the manner. KFOR asked how fentanyl got into the jail and received only general answers about contraband. NonDoc Media reports that a cellmate told staff Revas had been in digestive distress for hours before he died and had not alerted staff.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (neglect alleged). A toxicology report obtained by KFOR lists fentanyl intoxication as the cause and the manner as an accident, while a cellmate told staff he had been in digestive distress for hours before he was found unresponsive and did not alert staff.

Reported by: toxicology report obtained by KFOR (medical examiner or coroner); KFOR (reporters); Oklahoma County jail (the agency that held him); cellmate.

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