Wayne Lafon Bowker
Wayne Lafon Bowker, 41, was found in his cell at the Carter County Jail in Ardmore, Oklahoma, shortly after 2 a.m. on June 30, 2016, and was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said he had no physical trauma and is investigating at the jail's request, with the medical examiner to determine the cause and manner of death. A jail captain said Bowker had medical issues when he arrived about three months earlier but did not know what they were. The sources do not yet establish how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). The jail captain said Bowker had medical issues when he arrived about three months earlier but did not know what they were, and OSBI said he had no physical trauma; the medical examiner has not yet determined the cause.
Reported by: Carter County Jail (the agency that held him); Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).