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Shain Gandee Autopsy Confirms Cause of Death

For the first time since Shain Gandee died early yesterday morning, authorities have spoken out on the accident that took the life of this 21-year old and two others. “Foul play has been ruled out,” Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper of West Virginia told People, while an autopsy has confirmed yesterday’s hypothesis: All three victims died from c arbon monoxide poisoning. As previously reported: Ganee was last seen around 3 a.m. on Sunday, telling people he was going four-wheeling with his uncle David. The bodies of Shain, David and an unidentified woman were found in a Ford Bronco yesterday, submerged up to its windows in mud. In response, Shain’s cousin is organizing a mud run tomorrow to raise funeral funds . And the mayor of Charleston, West Virginia has called on MTV to cancel Buckwild . Wrote Gandee’s cousin, Ashley Gandee Lewis, on Facebook: “The family feels that Shain died peacefully in his sleep without pain or suffering.”

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Shain Gandee Autopsy Confirms Cause of Death

Buckwild Star Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Report

New information is starting to trickle in regarding the death of Shain Gandee . Found today inside a truck near Sissonville, West Virginia, authorities now confirm Shain was alongside his uncle and an unidentified female passenger. Sissonville Because the 1984 Bronco is buried in a mud, law enforcement officials are still working on removing the bodies – but they confirm that Gandee may have passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning . The corpses were discovered by a passing ATV occupant, while the location of the truck is so remote that cell phone reception is blocked all around it. Hence why no one in the party could be reached in the hours leading up to their passing. If the exhaust pipe was covered in mud while the vehicle was running, sources close to the investigation say accidental carbon monoxide poisoning likely played a role in this tragedy. But no official word yet from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office.

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Buckwild Star Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Report