An autopsy report shows that a Nevada prisoner died after he was pepper sprayed, shackled and held face down. The report follows a nine-month investigation into the cause of Patrick Odale’s death at Southern Desert Correctional Center near Las Vegas in December 2023. The Las Vegas coroner’s office last week ruled Odale's death a homicide.
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada prisoner died after he was pepper sprayed by guards, shut in a storage room, shackled and restrained with his face to the ground, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press.
Low levels of methamphetamine and xylazine, an animal sedative, were also found in Odale’s system, and the coroner’s office described the drugs as a “major contributor” in his death.Nevada high court ends casino mogul Steve Wynn’s defamation suit against The Associated PressDepartment of Corrections did not disclose any details, including that Odale was restrained, when it announced his death in a January news release.
On the night of Odale’s death, officers said he was “erratic and growling” at them, according to the autopsy. The guards pepper sprayed him and kept him in a storage room with yard tools for several minutes until he began “thrashing the room,” the report says. Then officers pulled him to the ground, restrained him and took him to the prison infirmary.
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