Published On: Mon, Apr 3rd, 2023
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Virginia hospital patient Irvo Otieno, who was pinned by officers, staff, died of asphyxia, autopsy shows

Mental Health Patient Death

Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man whose death last month at a Virginia mental hospital has sparked outrage and led to second-degree murder charges against 10 defendants, died of “positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints,” a medical examiner’s office said Monday.

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