Wesley Wayne Pebworth Found Deceased in His Cell – Being Investigated by the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
On Monday, March 19, 2018, at about 2:20 a.m., 31-year-old Wesley Wayne Pebworth was arrested and booked into Seminole County Jail in Wewoka, Oklahoma. The next morning at 6:30 a.m., guards discovered his body in his cell, where he was housed alone. According to Shannon Smith, Seminole County Sheriff, it looks as though Pebworth committed suicide, but there has not been news of the results of an autopsy. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is handling the investigation into the custodial death in the county jail.
Just a few days earlier in Woodward Oklahoma, a prisoner at Woodward County Jail was also discovered dead in his cell hours after being incarcerated. Jafar Albumohammed, age 19, was booked into jail late Saturday night, March 10, and was found deceased at 4 a.m. Sunday when jail staff were performing cell checks. The cause of death is unknown. OSBI is handling this investigation, as well.
These are just two of several custodial deaths that have occurred in Oklahoma county jails in 2018. For instance, in February, 44-year-old Nicholas Green was booked into an Oklahoma county jail at approximately 8:45 p.m. and placed in a holding cell. A mere 10 minutes later, he was discovered by jail staff to be unconscious in his cell. The medical staff was notified, and life-saving measures began. Green was transported by ambulance to a hospital, and there he was pronounced dead, and the cause was unknown.
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