Michelle Young
Michelle Young, 28, would have turned 29 the day after she died at the Oklahoma County Detention Center on March 17, 2025. Jail staff found her unresponsive in her cell around 3:50 a.m. Jail officials said a detention officer had done a sight check about an hour earlier, which they said appeared on security footage. She was pronounced dead at a hospital at 4:46 a.m. Jail officials attribute the death to an overdose from contraband drugs and say someone has been arrested in connection with supplying them, while the State Medical Examiner's Office has not yet determined the cause or manner of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Jail officials say she died of an overdose from contraband drugs, and the state medical examiner had not yet made a final determination.
Reported by: Oklahoma County Detention Center officials, including spokesperson Mark Opgrande (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.
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