Autopsy: Death at Looking Glass Falls was accidental
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 8:28 a.m.
ASHEVILLE (AP) -- An autopsy report says a Florida man who jumped 70 feet off a water fall in the North Carolina mountains died in an accident and not a suicide.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports Tuesday that the report said 49-year-old Ronald Conrad Brown's death on Aug. 31 was caused by a "non-suicidal jump into a natural pool."
The autopsy was released Monday by the State Medical Examiner's Office.
The Navarre, Fla., man died when he jumped from the top of Looking Glass Falls into a shallow pool. The report said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.29 percent. That's more than three times the legal limit for driving.
The report said investigators found no evidence of foul play or suicidal intent.
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