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Leo Disbrow

35 years old · died February 27, 2018 · Chemung County Correctional Facility, Chemung County, New York

Leo Disbrow, 35, died on February 27, 2018, at a local hospital after he began showing signs of an overdose while held at the Chemung County Jail in New York. Chemung County Sheriff Christopher Moss said Leo had swallowed a narcotic during a search of his housing unit. Officers did not know he had swallowed it at the time, according to the sheriff's office. The sheriff's Criminal Investigation Division is looking into the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Chemung County Sheriff Christopher Moss says Leo Disbrow swallowed a contraband narcotic during a housing unit search and overdosed, and the sheriff's Criminal Investigation Division is looking into the death.

Reported by: Chemung County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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