Full Notification

On 12/24/17 just after 5:30 am, the Latimer County Sheriff requested OSBI assistance with a suspicious death that occurred in the Latimer County Detention Center. Shortly after 5 am, a detention officer found inmate Thasha Prindle unresponsive. EMS was dispatched to the scene and pronounced Prindle dead at 5:15 am. The cell was secured as a possible crime scene and held for OSBI.
An OSBI Agent arrived at the scene and began conducting a crime scene investigation. The medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. Prindle was involved in a car accident on 12/23/2017 and arrested early that morning for driving under the influence by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper. Prindle was treated and released from Latimer County General Hospital before being booked into the jail. OSBI continues to investigate.