Matthew Mason
Matthew Mason, 35, died on May 23, 2020, in his cell at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office said investigators believe he made a noose from bedsheets and hanged himself, and one report says a jailer found him hanging from the top bunk. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office had not yet made a final determination on the cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Oklahoma County Detention Center staff believe he made a noose from bedsheets and hanged himself, and the Sheriff's Office is investigating; the medical examiner had not made a final determination.
Reported by: Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Oklahoma County Detention Center staff (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.