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Medical examiner IDs OCCC inmate who died in suicide

A 66-year-old Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate died Friday of blunt impact to his head and body, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.

The inmate was identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office as James Wrath. His death was classified as a suicide.

Paramedics took Wrath to the hospital in serious condition from the Dillingham Boulevard prison at 7 a.m. Friday.

He died at the hospital several hours later.

Wrath was serving time breaking into a home and was eligible for release this month.

Police said there is no evidence of foul play.

10 responses to “Medical examiner IDs OCCC inmate who died in suicide”

  1. HRS134 says:

    Wow. Now they’re publishing the names of people who commit suicide. Seems as if standards have really gone down hill. 🙁

    • plaba says:

      Blunt force trauma to the head and body…suicide. Did he jump? Otherwise, that’s a stretch to describe the body that way and determine it was a suicide. Unless brada punched himself to death.

    • DannoBoy says:

      Jim was a windsurfer and a good man who was prescribed Opioid pain medications after knee and shoulder surgeries. He became addicted and his life fell apart, as so many have from doctor’s reckless used of these drugs and disregard for the benefits if unimpaired pain sensation for proper healing.

      Over the course of 10-15 years, his life fell apart, with chronic pain, disability from his C&C job, marital collapse and divorce, and deteriorating physical and mental health. Repeated efforts at drug rehab failed, as it usually does, because the addiction to Opioids is notoriously hard to control once it is set in motion.

      When will we see the end of this slow descent of American medical doctors into dishonor? How many of us have to be harmed?

  2. MDA says:

    Ummmm…. one month to be released… sounds like payback before his release and with a good cover up. Made it look like a suicide.

  3. Tahitigirl55 says:

    A 66-year-old Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate died Friday of blunt impact to his head and body, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
    How can this be a suicide? Did he hit himself in the head and body? Something is not right.

  4. BigIsandLava says:

    Maybe it was assisted suicide. It’s prison and I think he would have found a lot of good, qualified candidates

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