Malcolm Penney
Malcolm Penney, 44, died on December 7, 2025, while held at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Osage County, Oklahoma, a state prison operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The department's death listing gives the manner of death as suicide. News reports from December 9 quote department officials saying its Office of Inspector General is investigating his death. Those reports say the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office will determine the official cause of death, and it had not done so when they were published.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as suicide, while its Office of Inspector General and the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office are still investigating and determining the official cause.
Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Oklahoma Department of Corrections Office of Inspector General (outside investigators); Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).