Tuesday, 17 April 2007 01:16

Autopsy Results Announced In Teen’s January Death

slide8The Amador County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has received the final forensic pathologist report, toxicology report and microscopic examination report relative to the January 29, 2007 death of Joshua Hampton Hoehn, 17, of Pioneer. Hoehn was involved in a physical altercation in Sutter Creek, before being transported by friends to a residence in Pine Grove, where he subsequently lost consciousness.  Hoehn was transported to Sutter Amador Hospital by American Legion Ambulance where death was pronounced. The reports document the cause of Hoehn’s death as “Sudden cardiac death following a physical altercation associated with acute cocaine intoxication”.  The forensic pathologist’s examination revealed that the superficial injuries sustained from the physical altercation did not contribute to the cause of Hoehn’s death.