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Foul play not suspected in Jax man's death

A badly decomposed Jacksonville man found last night appears to have died from natural causes nearly two weeks ago. That’s the word from Morgan County Coroner Jeff Lair.

Lair says the 50-year-old man was found at his home in the 700 block of East Douglas at about 11:30 by Jacksonville Police, who responded to a call from a concerned neighbor. The neighbor reportedly told police she’d been smelling the decomposed remains for about a week.

Lair says no foul play is suspected in the man’s death, though accidental death isn’t being ruled out at this point. He says the man, who lived by himself, had medication that indicates he suffered from a seizure disorder.

An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow morning at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Lair is withholding the man’s name pending notification of next of kin. The name is expected to be released later today.

 

News Notes
7-29-2010

Cass County Renovation Committee meeting
8:15 a.m. at the Cass County Courthouse

Passavant’s Community Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy program
2 p.m. in Passavant Meeting Rooms 2 and 3

The Robbie McEvers Memorial Golf Tournament
Begins today at The Links in Jacksonville

 

 

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