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Odiakosa Sylvester Obazeh

40 years old · died April 3, 2026 · West Valley Detention Center, San Bernardino County, California

Odiakosa Sylvester Obazeh, 40, of Chino Hills, died at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County. County officials said he suffered a medical emergency in his cell on April 3 and was found unresponsive, then taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on April 12. The county has not said how he died, and the circumstances of his death remain under investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. County officials say he suffered a medical emergency in his cell, and the cause of death remains under investigation.

Reported by: San Bernardino County officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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