Jimmy Lanford
Jimmy Lanford was held at Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, Oklahoma, and was taken to a Tulsa hospital on August 17, 2023, where he died on August 24, 2023. A former case manager who worked with him, Tonya Wilson Peel, said he loved his job making license plates and had a sharp sense of humor. She said he complained of excessive heat for weeks and believes heat caused a heart attack. The state medical examiner has not yet ruled on the final cause of death, and corrections officials said the men were in poor health and that staff do not suspect heat played a role.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed). Former case manager Tonya Wilson Peel believes heat caused a heart attack, while corrections officials say the men were in poor health and staff do not suspect heat played a role, and the state medical examiner has not yet ruled on the cause.
Reported by: former correctional case manager Tonya Wilson Peel (witnesses); corrections officials at Dick Conner Correctional Center (the agency that held him).