The Pierce County Medical Examiner determined that an 11-year-old who died earlier this year died as a result from fentanyl in her system, not due to an altercation at school for which she was hospitalized. FOX13
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department said they have conducted a full investigation and found no evidence of fentanyl in her home, where she lived with her grandparents, or at school. It's unclear how she came into contact with the fentanyl.
Her official cause of death is "anoxic encephalopathy due to acute fentanyl intoxication," and the manner of death is unknown. , anoxic encephalopathy is described as a "process that begins with the cessation of cerebral blood flow to brain tissue, which most commonly results from poisoning, as is the case, for example with carbon monoxide poisoning or drug overdose, vascular injury, or insult, or cardiac arrest.
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