Ty Austin Rutledge

Ty Austin Rutledge, 23, died on the floor of the Tulsa Jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, May 19, 2018, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said a towel was tied around his neck and that evidence pointed to suicide. The manner of death was still awaiting the medical examiner's report when the news outlet published its account on May 21, 2018.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Tulsa County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Casey Roebuck said evidence pointed to suicide, while the manner of death awaited the medical examiner's report.

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.

Source

• Man who died Saturday is Tulsa Jail’s first in-custody death of 2018 The Frontier, May 21, 2018