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Mikal Austin

31 years old · died August 21, 2025 · Great Plains Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Mikal Austin died in a hospital on August 21, 2025, held at Great Plains Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Mikal Austin was 31 years old. The department lists the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide.

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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