WILBURTON, Okla. (AP) — The state’s top law enforcement agency has been asked to investigate the death of an inmate in the Latimer County jail.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says the 45-year-old inmate was pronounced dead at a local hospital Saturday around 2 p.m. after he was taken there with lacerations on his neck and wrists.
The OSBI says in a statement that the inmate requested a razor and soap to shave. After the inmate was given the items, a deputy noticed what he said were suspicious movements inside the man’s cell.
The deputy checked on the inmate and found blood on him and inside the cell.
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The unidentified man had been booked into the jail Friday on drugs and weapons complaints.