Deaths in Custody
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Ronald Gene Given

42 years old · died January 16, 2019 · Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Ronald Gene Given, 42, died on January 16, 2019, while held at the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. A news report lists the cause of death as an assault by staff. Who was involved and what happened have not been described in the source material. The assault is a claim from that report and has not been independently established.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. A news report lists the cause as assault by staff at the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center.

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