Final Autopsy Says PA Man Drowned Off Outer Banks
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Updated: 7:12 PM Jan 13, 2010
Final Autopsy Says PA Man Drowned Off Outer Banks
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP)
A final autopsy report says a Pittsburgh man died off North Carolina's Outer Banks of drowning, not a shark attack.
Posted: 11:56 AM Jan 6, 2010
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A final autopsy report says a Pittsburgh man died off North Carolina's Outer Banks of drowning, not a shark attack.

"The Virginian-Pilot" of Norfolk, Virginia reports the report released Tuesday by the chief medical examiner's office says 60-year-old Richard Snead drowned. His body was discovered early September 17 by a tourist walking on a Kill Devil Hills beach.

Snead and his wife were vacationing in Corolla, about 30 miles north of where he was found. She reported him missing when he didn't return from a late-night swim September 12.

An initial autopsy conducted at East Carolina University said Snead died of shark bites. But in October, the medical examiner said the death appeared to be a drowning and remained under review.

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