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Coroner: Cause Of LaBute's Death Undetermined

Columbus Division of Police

Autopsy results are inconclusive on the body of the man found dead in the Scioto River in late March, several weeks after he was reported missing. The Franklin County coroner's office says there was no water in the lungs or stomach of 26-year-old Joey LaBute, but there was alcohol in his system. The cause of death is officially undetermined, though officials say he likely was dead before his body entered the river.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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