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Jose Raymond Sanchez

27 years old · died January 2023 · Okaloosa County Jail, Okaloosa County, Florida

Jose Raymond Sanchez was 27 when he died at the Okaloosa County Jail in Florida in January 2023. His mother, Jackie Brazzell, has been searching for answers about her son's death. An autopsy report she received lists methamphetamine and fentanyl as causes of death, and she is asking how drugs got into the jail and what happened to him. Okaloosa County said deputies were investigating and that it was the fifth death at the jail in six months.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The autopsy report lists methamphetamine and fentanyl as the causes of death, and his mother, Jackie Brazzell, is asking how drugs got into the jail.

Reported by: autopsy report.

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