By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – An autopsy conducted after a 42-year-old man was found dead in his Chehalis home by a friend last week was inconclusive.
The Chehalis Police Department was called to the shared house on Northeast Division Street last Tuesday afternoon. Russell L. Lamb died about 5 a.m. that day, according to the Lewis County Coroner’s Office.
Police are investigating if the death was drug-related based on information they got at the scene. There was drug paraphernalia present.
Chief Deputy Coroner Dawn Harris indicated yesterday the autopsy didn’t reveal any obvious illness or disease processes.
A determination of the cause and manner of death will have to wait for the results of toxicology tests which check for alcohol, prescription and street drugs, according to Harris.
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