Deaths in Custody
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Olivia Martinez

32 years old · died December 25, 2023 · Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Olivia Martinez, 32, died on December 25, 2023, at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque, four days after she was booked into the jail. County officials said she died of a medical emergency and that life-saving efforts were unsuccessful. Her death is one of several at the facility that year, and concerns about medical care and staffing there have been raised.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. County officials said she died of a medical emergency after life-saving efforts failed.

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

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