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Medical Examiner Releases Cause Of Death For Missing Upstate Mother Destini Smothers
According to the OCME, Smothers died from a blunt impact head and brain injury. Her death has been ruled a homicide.

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According to the OCME, Smothers died from a blunt impact head and brain injury. Her death has been ruled a homicide.

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