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Derek G. Labutta

43 years old · died March 18, 2024 · Saratoga County Jail, Saratoga County, New York

Derek G. Labutta died on March 18, 2024 at Saratoga County Jail, in the custody of the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office. Derek G. Labutta was 43 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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