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Jorge Velasco-Martinez

59 years old · died June 1, 2025 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Oklahoma

Jorge Velasco-Martinez died in a hospital on June 1, 2025, held at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Jorge Velasco-Martinez was 59 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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

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