The “suspicious” death of an elderly man in Marin County last week may have been caused by a kick from a horse, the Sheriff’s Office says.
The"suspicious" death of an elderly man in Marin County last week may have been caused by a kick from a horse, the Sheriff's Office said on Monday.
At 6:51 p.m. on Friday, the Marin County Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a man in his 80s who was suffering from an apparent fall and head wound near Wild Iris Road and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in San Geronimo. The man, later identified as Richard Helzberg, 82, was taken to a hospital and succumbed to his injuries, the Sheriff's Office said. Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news."At the conclusion of the autopsy, it was determined, based on all available evidence, the injuries sustained were caused by a blunt force strike," said the Sheriff's Office.
Initially, the medical staff at Marin Health Medical Center reported that Helzberg appeared to have a ballistic wound to his head, which the Sheriff's Office now says"does not appear to be valid." "After the autopsy it was determined that the cause of death was severe, acute craniocerebral trauma," said the Sheriff's Office."No evidence of this injury being caused by a firearm was found."
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