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Jude Velasquez

64 years old · died June 18, 2026 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Jude Velasquez died at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center on June 18, 2026, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Jude Velasquez was 64 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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