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William Cole

57 years old · died September 2, 2025 · Great Plains Correctional Institution, Caddo County, Oklahoma

William Cole died at Great Plains Correctional Center on September 2, 2025, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. William Cole was 57 years old. The department lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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