Cody Wilbourn
30-year old Cody Wilbourn, an inmate at the Omaha Correctional Center (OCC), died November 12, 2021 at a hospital in Omaha.
He was sentenced to seven and a half to 18 years for multiple charges that included burglary, assault on an officer, assault by a confined person, evidence tampering and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest. The charges originated out of Dawson, Lancaster and Johnson counties. Wilbourn’s sentence started April 15, 2013.
As is the case whenever an inmate dies in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS), a grand jury will conduct an investigation. The cause of death has not yet been determined.