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Friday, August 17, 2007

Ohio man's cause of death is investigated

August 13, 2007
Associated Press

Craig Burdine, 37, unarmed

The coroner has announced it could be another month before anyone knows what caused Craig Burdine's death, saying "Toxicology studies need to be completed to determine his cause of death." The sheriff's office is conducting an investigation that is expected to be completed once autopsy results are available. The sherriff says "I'm quite confident everything we did was OK. I'm sure it wasn't the Taser that killed him. I'm pretty confident of that."

Police were called to a home early Saturday (August 11th) about a fight and found that Burdine was hostile and appeared drunk. After being shocked several times, he stopped breathing in an ambulance and later died.

Update (November 7, 2007) - According to Coroner John Wukie, Craig Burdine died from "combined drug toxicity," not from the Taser's use.

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