Christopher Amann, 27, died May 13, according to an obituary notice. Courtesy Oklahoma Department of Corrections.Īnother inmate recently died, though his death occurred outside of the facility.

Caitlyn Lewis, 30, died by a “self-inflicted” manner in her cell Oct.

Leo Dale Horn, 58, died June 11, 2016, after being found unresponsive in his segregation cell.

Nathan Daniel Bradshaw, 32, was found unresponsive in his cell March 12, 2016.

2, according to a report filed by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office with the Oklahoma State Health Department.Īt least four people died in the jail in 2016. Willingham, 48, began vomiting while in the Tulsa Jail on Feb. Thomas Willingham III died in the jail last February. Rutledge has several criminal convictions stretching back to 2014 for assault, drug and property theft crimes.Īt least six people have died in the Tulsa Jail since 2016, although records are inexact.

Casey Roebuck, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said on Monday that “while evidence points to a suicide, we are waiting (on) the (Medical Examiner’s) report to classify the manner of death.” The incident report does not list Rutledge’s death as a suicide, despite the presence of the towel wrapped around his neck. Rutledge was pronounced dead at the scene.Īccording to court records, Rutledge was due for his preliminary hearing on Monday. It says two detention officers removed the towel and “more blood came out of his mouth.” “He also had a towel tied tight around his neck,” the report states. Jail officials confirmed Rutledge was found unresponsive about 3:30 p.m. Rutledge is the first inmate death to occur inside the jail in 2018, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office officials said Monday.Īccording to a “Jail Incident Report,” Rutledge was found by a detention officer lying “face down on the floor with blood on the floor.” The report twice lists the wrong date Rutledge was found, first saying May 15, then saying May 18.

He allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old Ashley Tobey outside a QuikTrip near 31st Street and U.S. Ty Austin Rutledge, 23, had been in the jail since his arrest on Jan. A Tulsa man charged with murder for the shotgun death of a woman outside an eastside QuikTrip earlier this year died over the weekend in the Tulsa Jail.

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