My cousin died from freezing to death.

@Robert59, so sad to hear about your cousin, my condolences for your loss and sympathy to your family. May she rest peacefully.

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Another Trooper and myself were called to the scene of a dead male body, which was found outside in February in northeastern PA in a partially wooded area by 2 hunters hunting quail. We didn’t see any signs of trauma on the body, so we thought he may have froze to death. Here is what we learned after he was taken to the morgue.

The male was 77 y/o and suffered from Dementia and Alzheimer’s. He was a patient at a nearby nursing home, but was not missed after a 9 p.m. bed check. Evidently, he decided to leave and being confused, he was unable to return. The corner determined he had been outside for about 16 hours. The temperature in that area when he was found was 18F. He was only dressed in regular street clothes. No coat, but did have shoes on.

It was another very sad situation.
 
Under the right circumstances, a person can freeze to death in less than an hour. Think about that. When I first heard that, I thought the coroner had to be wrong, so I asked another coroner and got the same answer.
 

My cousin died from freezing to death.​


That kinda news is never good news

Small consolation;
Freezing to death is wunna the better ways to go
 
Robert59 said:
The police told my cousin this is way to die to go asleep and die.
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Yup

I've got friends that are no more
Mostly hunters
You'd think hunters would know better
I've seen folks get up, stand by the camp fire, swill some hot coffee, toss their rifle over their shoulder and traipse into the woods with just a flannel shirt, no coat
Not even say where they're goin'

Had a lady that lived out near our cabin
Climbed Mt Scott
Alone
Got lost

Happily the staters was able to locate her via the ping on her cell phone
She was near froze when they got to her

Lose yer body heat, it don't take long
 
Freezing to death is a very slow, painful death. I'm sorry for your loss.

I just read that down in Texas, a mother and daughter died in their car after they lost power in their home and tried to keep warm in the car. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Has anyone ever seen someone that has died by carbon monoxide poisoning? It's not all that hard to detect.
 

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