Latrell Kirven
Latrell Kirven, 26, was a kind, very tall man who wrote rap, spoke Spanish to make people laugh, and often hugged his mother, Volare Scott, and called her lady. He was held at the Oklahoma County Detention Center after a car crash and collapsed in his cell, where he lay unmoving for hours before dying of an overdose of fentanyl, methamphetamine and PCP. State inspectors found that detention officers did not check on him for six hours. His mother says he struggled with mental illness and could have been saved with closer monitoring.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). The medical examiner's findings point to a fentanyl, methamphetamine and PCP overdose, while his mother says he struggled with mental illness and could have been saved with closer monitoring, and state inspectors found detention officers did not check on him for six hours.
Reported by: Oklahoma County Detention Center (the agency that held him); state inspectors; his mother.