Marco Ochoa
Marco Danton Ochoa, 34, died on September 18, 2023, while held at the Chatham County Detention Center in Georgia. The Chatham County Sheriff's Office said officers found him unresponsive in his cell that Monday afternoon. WJCL reported that the Chatham County Narcotics Team and sheriff's office attributed his death to a suspected fentanyl overdose, and that deputies searched the jail and moved nearly 150 people held there afterward. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the cause of death, which remains pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Chatham County Sheriff's Office and Narcotics Team say he died from a suspected fentanyl overdose, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death.
Reported by: Chatham County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Chatham County Narcotics Team (the agency that held him); Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).