Deaths in Custody
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Gabriel Yalartai

died December 2021 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Gabriel Yalartai died around Christmas while held in a mental health unit of the Oklahoma County Jail in Oklahoma City. A KOKH report says Gabriel died by suicide. The report also says a detention officer was fired for failing to check on Gabriel.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The jail reported he died by suicide, and a detention officer was fired for failing to check on him, which points to a lapsed required check.

Reported by: Oklahoma County Jail (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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