By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Lewis County coroner says an examination of the baby who died in Winlock yesterday turned up no signs of trauma or foul play.
The sheriff’s office said deputies were investigating the death after being called yesterday morning to the residence on Nikula Road south of town where the infant was unconscious and unresponsive. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the sheriff’s office.
Lewis County Coroner Warren McLeod identifies the child as five-month-old Zane Duel, of Winlock.
Although an autopsy was performed, the cause and manner of death won’t be determined for as long as 12 weeks when the results of toxicology tests and other studies are completed, according to McLeod.
Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said yesterday it is not necessarily suspicious at this point, but anytime there is a death of a child, the sheriff’s office gets involved.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter