Lorri Gayle Tedder
Lorri Gayle Tedder, 55, died on November 11, 2019, after being held at the Rogers County jail in Oklahoma. Her family told NewsOn6 that she had been battling mental health issues. A jail incident report submitted to the state jail inspector said she hit her head on a glass window and became unresponsive after being placed in a cell, and it lists her cause and manner of death as undetermined. The report's description of her behavior is disputed by no source in these accounts, but her family's account of her mental health has not been independently reviewed.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed). The jail's incident report lists her cause and manner of death as undetermined and says she hit her head on a glass window, while a news report lists restraint as the cause.
Reported by: Rogers County jail incident report submitted to the state jail inspector (the agency that held her); news report.