OKLAHOMA CITY — A detainee in the Oklahoma County Detention Center (Jail) is being reported dead.
The deceased detainee is:
- Courtenay Doyle, 37
During site checks Friday, around 6:00 a.m. a detention officer discovered Doyle “unresponsive in her assigned cell” Jail officials said in a press release.
According to Jail officials, the officer called for their medical staff who then started lifesaving measures. They, then handed off the patient to Oklahoma City Fire Department and EMSA personnel when they arrived.
Doyle was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead at around 7:16 a.m.
Turn Key Health is the contractor for all medical services in the Oklahoma County Jail and Oklahoma State Representative Jon Echols is the co-founder and president.
As with any death in the jail, the State Medical Examiner’s Office will make a final determination as to the cause of death.
Under new protocols, all deaths are investigated as homicides until a final determination is made. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations has also been notified to assist.
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