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Irvo Otieno: How Kenyan in the US ended up dead in mental health facility

Irvo Otieno died on March 6, 2023 at the age of 28 in Georgia, USA. [Courtesy of Reuters]

Irvo Otieno, a Kenyan-American, had been accused of home burglary on March 3 in Henrico County, Georgia in the United States, and when police went to arrest him, they discovered he had mental health challenges.

After being taken into custody, he was moved between mental health facilities and prison, before he eventually died in a mental care clinic, under gruesome circumstances.

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