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Oct 6, 2009 3:55 pm US/Eastern
Beaver Co. Boy's Cause Of Death Determined
GEORGETOWN (KDKA) ―
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Wyatt Smitsky's cause of death was ruled as asphyxia due to drowning on Tuesday.
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The cause of death has been determined in case of a 4-year-old Beaver County boy, who was found dead in a septic tank last month.
According to Beaver County Coroner Terry Totalovich, the cause of death was asphyxia due to drowning.
Giuseppe Rosselli, the family's attorney, says the results come as no surprise to the family.
"We didn't expect there to be any blunt force trauma," he said. "We've stated from the beginning that the most likely scenario is that the child fell in and was unable to get himself out."
The manner of death could not be determined because the sequence of Smitsky's death is still unknown.
Previously, the Beaver County District Attorney said Smitsky could have moved the lid of the septic tank himself.
According to the district attorney, the lid was a 14-pound sheet of metal, and not a heavy, dense manhole cover as described by state police.
The body of Wyatt Smitsky was found about 18 hours after he was reported missing by a relative from his home in Georgetown, Greene Township.
A massive search was undertaken by volunteers to find the little boy before the grim discovery was made.
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