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Steve Lesley Dory

79 years old · died October 7, 2025 · Snake River Correctional Institution, Malheur County, Oregon

Steve Lesley Dory, 79, died on the morning of October 7, 2025, at Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, Oregon, where he was in the infirmary receiving hospice care. The Oregon Department of Corrections said the Oregon State Police were notified, as with all in-custody deaths. The State Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, and the manner is listed as pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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