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Daniel Hyers

36 years old · died January 17, 2025 · Elmira Correctional Facility, Chemung County, New York

Daniel Hyers died on January 17, 2025 at Elmira Correctional Facility, in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Daniel Hyers was 36 years old. The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation, which reviews deaths in which an officer may have played a part, was notified of the death and lists it as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. New York State Office of the Attorney General, Office of Special Investigation recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: New York State Office of the Attorney General, Office of Special Investigation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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