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Dr. James Swinehart, the pathologist who performed the autopsy said “She was lying face down with her head and face in a soft pillow. There was a history of binge drinking and a fall on the sidewalk prior to being placed in her dorm room.”
Swinehart said positional asphyxia may have played a roll in Buschick’s death because she was was found face down. Her death was ruled an accident.
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INITIAL REPORT:
The Butler County Coroner’s office has ruled a Miami University student died from complications of alcohol consumption.
Erica Buschick, 18, died of complications of acute ethanol toxicity, according to information released today.
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The autopsy results confirm want the Miami University Police investigation showed.
Buschick, of Gurnee, Ill., was a first-year student studying special education. She was found dead on Jan. 20 by her roommate at the Morris Hall on South Maple Street.
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