More Details out on Two Recent Berkeley Related Deaths
First, those rumors from yesterday about a dead body on campus have been confirmed, in today's Daily Cal, "Man Found Hanged Near Campus". A tragic event, although there doesn't seem to be anything more to this story than an unfortunate suicide:

A 32-year-old Oakland man was discovered dead on the west side of campus yesterday morning in an apparent suicide, UC police said.
Eduardo Zamudio-Yee apparently climbed a tree, put a rope around his neck and hanged himself near West Circle just beyond University Avenue, said UC police Lt. Mitch Celaya.

He was noticed around 7:00 am last morning, isn't believed to have any connection to the University, and was found with a suicide note on him.

In other news, the toxicology report on Patrick McCann was just announced. Once again, Daily Cal:

A toxicology report for UC Berkeley senior Patrick McCann, who died of unknown causes two weeks ago, came back positive for multiple drugs, the Alameda County Coroner’s office said yesterday.
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Methadone, alcohol and EDDP were found in McCann’s system, according to the coroner’s office. EDDP is a methadone byproduct that indicates someone has ingested the drug, said Robert Torres, business manager at Central Valley Toxicology, where McCann’s toxicology tests were performed.
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A pathologist will examine the toxicology report to see whether drugs were to blame.
Officials said “toxic levels” of methadone and alcohol were not found in McCann’s system. A final determination on the cause of death may not come for several more weeks, according to the coroner’s office.

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