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Jose Luis Rivera Perez

31 years old · died September 7, 2021 · Chautauqua County Jail, Chautauqua County, New York

Jose Luis Rivera Perez died on September 7, 2021 at Chautauqua County Jail, in the custody of the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office. Jose Luis Rivera Perez was 31 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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