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Thomas Willingham III

48 years old · died February 2, 2017 · Tulsa Jail, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Thomas Willingham III, 48, began vomiting in the Tulsa Jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 2, 2017. The jail's medical provider arranged for him to be taken by ambulance to St. John Medical Center, where an emergency room doctor pronounced him dead. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office report says he went into cardiac arrest on the gurney. The medical examiner's office said his cause and manner of death are pending toxicology results.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The sheriff's office report says he went into cardiac arrest on the gurney, and the medical examiner's office says the cause and manner are pending toxicology results.

Reported by: Tulsa County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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