10 Charged with Murder in Death of Black Patient at Virginia Hospital

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Three employees of a mental health hospital in Virginia were charged with murder, joining seven sheriff's deputies who have also been charged in the death of a man who died in handcuffs and leg irons while being subdued. Irvo Otieno died March 6 while being held down at the Central State Hospital in suburban Petersburg, Virginia. A video from the hospital's patient intake area apparently shows the deputies throwing a handcuffed and shackled Otieno face down and lying across him to restrain him, and "smothered him to death," prosecutors said during the officers' initial court hearing.
- Virginia prosecutor: 10 face murder charges after patient's death USA TODAY
- 3 Virginia hospital workers charged with murder in death of Irvo Otieno CNN
- 10 charged in Black man's death at Virginia mental hospital The Virginian-Pilot
- Irvo Otieno's brother Leon Ochieng speaks after viewing video of his brother's death WTVR CBS 6
- Irvo Otieno's family reacts to seeing tape of fatal incident: He was treated worse than a dog CNN
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