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Samuel Romero

21 years old · died June 28, 2025 · Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Samuel Romero died in a hospital on June 28, 2025, held at Joseph Harp Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Samuel Romero was 21 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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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