Marcus D. Hooks
Marcus Hooks died on January 23, 2025, at a prison in Lawton, Oklahoma, while in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide. The Lawton Constitution reported in September 2026, citing a probable cause affidavit, that Hooks was stabbed in a cell by other men held in his housing pod and was left in a bunk until staff found him after the pod was locked down. The affidavit's account of how long he went unnoticed and how staff responded has not been established.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as homicide, and a probable cause affidavit says he was stabbed in a cell at the Lawton facility by other people held there.
Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); probable cause affidavit.