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Coroner Concludes Woman Drowned in New River

Todays is : Wednesday, 07 January 2009

Written by George Gale
Friday, 25 August 2006
(THE COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE SAYS THE WOMAN FOUND IN THE NEW RIVER THIS WEEK DROWNED)….DEPUTY CORONER HENRY PROO SAYS AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED THIS WEEK CONFIRMED THE 46 YEAR OLD MEXICAN NATIONAL DIED AS A RESULT OF DROWNING. THE WOMAN WAS PART OF A GROUP OF ABOUT 40 PEOPLE WHO HAD APPARENTLY CROSSED INTO THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY. THE GROUP WAS TRAVELING THRU THE NEW RIVER WHEN, ABOUT A HALF MILE INTO THE U.S., THEY CAME UPON A CARGOE NET TYPE FENCE. THE GROUP WENT OVER AND UNDER THE FENCE, AND WHEN THEY ALL GOT BY, THE WOMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND. SHE HAD APPARENTLY BECAME CAUGHT ON THE FENCE, FORCING HER UNDERWATER. THE MEXICAN COUNSIL IS WORKING WITH THE COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE TO NOTIFY THE WOMAN’S FAMILY OF HER TRAGIC DEATH.