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UPDATE: No Foul Play Expected in Teenager's Death in Pinch

Posted: Mon 9:43 AM, Oct 15, 2012

UPDATE 10/15/12 @ 9:30 a.m.
PINCH, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- No foul play appears to be involved in a teenager's death in Pinch.

Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies say Joseph Huffman, 19, was found dead Friday under a guardrail near the intersection of New Hope Road and North Pinch Road.

The investigator tells WSAZ.com the autopsy found no foul play is expected, but deputies are still waiting on the toxicology report.

The case remains under investigation.



UPDATE @ 2:45 p.m.
PINCH, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A teenager was found dead along a road in Kanawha County early Friday morning.

Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies tell WSAZ.com Joseph Huffman, 19, of Pinch, was found dead under a guardrail on New Hope Road, right before the intersection of North Pinch Road.

Someone found his body about 6:15 a.m. Friday.

Huffman's body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. Deputies say the case remains under investigation.

The intersection of North Pinch Road and New Hope Road was closed for more than a hour while deputies invstigated the case.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest infromation.



ORIGINAL STORY
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a case where a body was found along a road in Pinch.

About 6:15 a.m. Friday, someone called Metro 911 and reported they saw a body under a guardrail on New Hope Road, right before the intersection of North Pinch Road.

The man's body was sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.

Deputies say they don't know if foul play was involved.

The intersection of North Pinch Road and New Hope Road was closed for more than a hour, but it's expected to open shortly.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.


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