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and seven sheriff deputies otieno s family says he was in the middle of a mental health crisis when he was handcuffed, shackled and smothered to death after being transported to a state mental hospital. the family furious he was smothered, they smothered my baby. reporter: on march 3 authorities placed otieno under emergency custody order which is used in cases of mental illness in response to report of a possible burglary. at the hospital police say he assaulted three officers and subsequently arrested and taken to jail where his family s attorney say he was left naked in a cell. three days later he was taken to a state mental facility where he suffered a brutal 11 minute beating. you could see his hair being pulled, knees toward his head, it was excruciating to watch reporter: prosecutors said in
become, quote, physically assaultive toward officers marissa perez is following this for us walk us through the timeline and what s next. reporter: on march 3rd, police got a call about a possible burglary and say that he was placed under an emergency custody order. they say he allegedly assaulted henriko police officers, was taken to a local hospital and taken to a local jail. now, that all started, remember, on march 3rd, but it was days later on march 6th, as he was being admitted to central state hospital, that is where he died. we talked about how now seven deputies are charged with second degree murder. there was a court hearing yesterday that really, there were key details that came out of this, and a lot of this centered around this surveillance video before can get into the details of the surveillance video it s important to know nbc news has not seen that video. we re relying on the commonwealth attorney s description. we made efforts to secure that video.