Autopsy report that coroner tried to keep secret says 3-year-old’s death was homicide

From the Craig Daily Press:  Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg complied with a judge’s order Tuesday and made public the autopsy report for the toddler who police believe was left alone for four days in a Steamboat Springs cabin.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Burson concluded after reviewing the toxicology test results that Austin Davis died from “severe dehydration.”

This is represented by the electrolyte levels,” Burson wrote.

Austin’s paternal grandmother, Charity O’Konski, previously had stated Austin died from “extreme dehydration.”

Based on the toxicology tests, autopsy findings and the suspected circumstances of the death, Burson stated it was his opinion that the manner of Austin’s death was homicide.

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