It has been weeks since I heard a student in the nursing school at Solaris Health System's Muhlenberg campus in Plainfield was found dead in their dorm room.
Unattended. With a syringe present, it is said.
Wouldn't that qualify as 'mysterious circumstances'?
Solaris CEO John McGee sent a letter round to board members advising them of the bare circumstances -- word has it without mention of the syringe.
Was the medical examiner called in, as would be the case in unattended deaths?
Were the Plainfield police called in?
Has there been any investigation of the circumstances?
Was an autopsy performed?
Who signed the death certificate?
Is foul play suspected?
Who knows?
Certainly not the public.
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This is not necessarily the public's place to know what happened to this student. Let the student and the family have the privacy they deserve in the cause of death. I'm sure that the ME was called in and that the cause of death was investigated due to the circumstances. This is not necessarily our business why the student was found dead. If the family wanted people to know the cause of death, they would have publicized it.
Elana, while I share your concern about the family's privacy, unattended deaths under mysterious circumstances normally come to the attention of law enforcement, not just the M.E.
Why not in this case?
Were strings pulled?
The student who died was a very special young man, he was a big figure at the school, and class president, and a recovering addict. So many recovering addicts that knew him were so proud of him, for he showed what you can do in recovery if you put your mind to it. Perhaps he achieved so much, he wanted to reward himself. He got weak and it took his life. That does not take away that he was a great guy, involved with student government, doping volunteer work with his church. He put drugs down and really changed his life around. Drug addiction is very misunderstood. Perhaps the family felt that the the needle would take away from what he achieved. I wish we could raise awareness about heroin addiction, for there are so many other kids out there that are not thieves, street junkies, and stick up artists. This was not a man that was getting high all the time, he just got momentarily weak and it cost his life. So you see no big conspiracy, JFK, bigfoot, coverup, nada. I think alot of people that were at the sense when they found the student knew him,and everyone was in a state of shock. The people that found him probably knew him. Might of even knew of his past, everyone Im sure did not want it to be as it was. When a young addict dies,and there is a needle in the room, you don't need to be Sherlock to figure out what happened. Again, I think the police looked at this as the old story, they see all to often.
I think that the investigator probably knew what happened and wanted to give the family privacy to deal with their loss.
Many addicts die like that. The active addiction has stopped long ago. Now they have productive lives, and all of a sudden the addiction will flare up again. Drug addiction is a disease just like cancer, but if you have cancer all the people feel bad for you. You tell some on you had a drug problem, and you are a dirt bag.
Law enforcement was called in and the medical examiner. He died of natural causes. I understand your concerns regarding the above. It was a sad day for us all and I can see how the situation could be skewed as it seemed in your report. Just glad I stumble upon this article a year later and could clarify it. As for the needle he was a nursing student and it didn't have a needle sharp in it. It was for practicing his measurements and calculating dosages..nothing more. He was a nursing student and would have been a great nurse.
Thank you, JD.
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