The 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.
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