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Dustin Montanez

40 years old · died March 4, 2023 · Onondaga County Justice Center, Onondaga County, New York

Dustin Montanez died on March 4, 2023 at Onondaga County Justice Center, in the custody of the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office. Dustin Montanez was 40 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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