Drugs and drug paraphernalia found at the L.A. home where rapper Coolio died last September led officials to rule his death an accident.
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According to the investigator’s narrative and autopsy reports obtained Friday by The Times, the rapper was found face up and unresponsive in a friend’s bathroom. After calling 911, emergency responders and paramedics arrived and moved the rapper to the living room to administer lifesaving measures, to no avail. He was declared dead at 4:49 p.m.
“Three bags, reported as having belonged to the decedent, were observed in the living room. Apparent drugs and drug paraphernalia were located within these bags. A straw/tube was observed sitting next to an ash tray in the living room,” the report said. The investigator also collected “a baggy with a brown powdery substance, foil with burn residue, a straw/tube, saline solution, a spoon with residue, over the counter CBD products, and vitamins” from the scene that day.
The coroner’s report also determined that the heart-muscle disease cardiomyopathy, asthma and recent PCP use factored into the musician’s death.
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