Deaths in Custody
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Kirk Price

57 years old · died January 18, 2020 · Theo Lacy Facility, Orange County, California

Kirk Price, 57, was held at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California, when he was injured in a fight with another person held there on December 27, 2019. He was hospitalized and died on January 18, 2020. The Orange County Sheriff's Department said the death would be investigated by the Orange County District Attorney's Office and the department, and the manner of death is listed as pending. The other man involved in the fight was not hospitalized, and the sheriff's department said the fight remained under investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Kirk Price was injured in a fight with another person held at the Theo Lacy Facility, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, and the death is under investigation by the District Attorney's Office.

Reported by: Orange County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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