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Dad files suit after son dies in Amityville drug rehab
Quick ReadThe suit alleges South Oaks was not monitoring three patients the way it should have been.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | John and Dale Noonan, with their daughter Alison, hold a photo of their son, Sean Noonan, 19, of Copiague, who died at an Amityville drug rehabilitation center. (Aug. 11, 2009)
Dad files suit after son dies in Amityville drug rehab
From the beginning, there were things about Jacob Danzi's May 31 death in an Amityville drug rehabilitation center that didn't add up, his father said.
Danzi's chart shows that he was in a dayroom at South Oaks Hospital at 7, 8 and 9 a.m. on the day he died, but when his mother saw his body less than three hours later, she said blood had pooled in his face and his body was stiff with rigor...
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