Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, died after he was pinned to the floor by seven sheriff's deputies and several others while he was being admitted to a mental hospital.

The family of Irvo Otieno – who died in March while being admitted to a Virginia mental health facility – is asking the Department of Justice for a federal investigation into his death, their ...

Irvo Otieno died in Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie, Va, under police custody, March 6, 2023. Courtesy Otieno Family. Cabell Baskervill wrote in the motion that Otieno's asphyxiation "reflects ...

Irvo Otieno’s mother was on the phone, trying to get a doctor’s help for her son’s latest mental health crisis, when she noticed the 28-year-old had left their house and begun plucking solar ...

Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to hospital floor before his death The 28-year-old Black man died at a Virginia mental health facility earlier this month. A grand jury indicted 10 deputies and ...

Lawyers for the family of Irvo Otieno say he died of asphyxiation after deputies and medical staff members piled on top of him at a psychiatric hospital in March. By Eduardo Medina The family of a ...

The in-custody death of Irvo Otieno could have been prevented if not for “the complete breakdown of Virginia’s mental health crisis system and the Commonwealth’s culture of criminalizing ...

Legal Issues Filing reveals new details in Irvo Otieno’s death at mental hospital. Investigators on scene in Virginia discovered that Otieno’s handcuffs and leg irons had been cleaned and ...

Va. health staff failed Irvo Otieno as he suffocated, experts say A new analysis of surveillance footage identified apparent lapses in the response by Central State clinical personnel. July 26, 2024 ...

At funeral services at a Chesterfield church to mourn Irvo Otieno, there was also a call to remember him as a symbol of how mentally ill people are treated by law enforcement and the need for change.

The Virginia prosecutor handling what was once a sprawling case in the 2023 death of Irvo Otieno in law enforcement custody said Monday that she had dropped all criminal charges against the two ...