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Sandra Cunningham

63 years old · died September 26, 2024 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Sandra Cunningham, 63, died on September 26, 2024, while held at the Oklahoma County Detention Center. Detention officers and medical staff found her unresponsive in her cell, and jail officials said she had no cellmate and had last been seen during a sight check at about 6:41 a.m. A News 9 report said her last sight check had been about an hour before staff found her, and that she was found while staff were distributing medication. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after 8:35 a.m., and the state medical examiner has not yet determined a cause or manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Oklahoma County Detention Center said she was found unresponsive in her cell and pronounced dead at a hospital, and the state medical examiner had not yet determined a cause or manner of death.

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

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