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Autopsy: Inhaling vomit led to missing QB’s death
LANSING, Mich. — A former Division II college football star who disappeared in the Michigan wilderness during a late-evening fishing trip died of pneumonia caused by inhaling his vomit, according to an updated autopsy released Thursday. The report also suggests Cullen Finnerty’s disorientation and paranoia in the woods May 26 may have been exacerbated by a combination of the painkiller oxycodone and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The degenerative brain disease has been found in a number of ex-football players. Finnerty’s brain was studied at Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, according to the report. Kent County Chief Medical …
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