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Marquis Tanner

34 years old · died December 12, 2024 · Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Westchester County, New York

Marquis Tanner died on December 12, 2024 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Marquis Tanner was 34 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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