Died in prison

Vernell McKnight

72 years old · died February 20, 2022 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Vernell McKnight died in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center on February 20, 2022, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

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 him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

Oklahoma Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody

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