Mr. Otieno
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More charges reduced in death of Irvo Otieno
Murder charges against three people for their role in the death of Irvo Otieno have been downgraded to involuntary manslaughter.
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Autopsy finds cause of death for Irvo Otieno was asphyxia
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.