Murder charges against three people for their role in the death of Irvo Otieno have been downgraded to involuntary manslaughter.

Court records showed an amended indictment was filed last Wednesday with reduced charges for two Henrico County sheriff’s deputies and a worker at Central State Hospital.

Otieno was transported to Central State Hospital during a mental health crisis, and where he died after being held down by multiple deputies and hospital employees for over 10 minutes last year.

The three charges are the last ones remaining from the 10 people initially charged for involvement in Otieno’s death.

Charges against five sheriff’s deputies were withdrawn last month at the request of Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Amanda Mann.

The dismissal of those charges are part of what Mann has said was a strategic effort to resubmit the charges in a way and time that works better for the prosecution.

“The current elected commonwealth’s attorney does not find the order to be sound and competent prosecutorial decision making,” Mann wrote in the motion. “The order in which the defendants are tried is of strategic importance to the Commonwealth.”

Two charges against hospital employees had been previously dropped by Mann’s predecessor.

Otieno’s family reached a $8.5 million settlement with the state, Henrico County and its sheriff’s department over his death, but have continued to pursue accountability for those involved. They objected to this choice when Mann presented it to them and criticized the move in a press conference last month, days after Mann made the request.

“That’s a radical, reckless decision with great ramifications for justice for Ivo Otieno,” Otieno’s mother Caroline Ouko said at the time.

No explanation for the downgrading of the charges was provided by the commonwealth’s attorney. Lawyers representing Otieno’s family had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.