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Michael Yoder

68 years old · died August 18, 2025 · James Crabtree Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Michael Yoder died in a hospital on August 18, 2025, held at James Crabtree Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Michael Yoder was 68 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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