Jaelon Kerns
Jaelon Kerns, a man, was arrested by McAlester police early on November 8, 2016, and was held at a jail in McAlester, Oklahoma, where he began convulsing. His parents posted bail and took him to a McAlester hospital, where he died that day. His father, Joel Kerns, the Pittsburg County sheriff, told the McAlester News-Capitol that his son's body was sent to the state medical examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The cause and manner of death had not been determined in the reporting, and no official finding has been published in these accounts.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Joel Kerns told the McAlester News-Capitol that his son began convulsing at the jail and died at a hospital, and the state medical examiner's autopsy was pending.