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Article updated: 7/12/2012 4:54 PM

Coroner’s office can’t explain why Crystal Lake teen drowned

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Connor Priesz, 18, of Crystal Lake died Wednesday morning, two days after friends pulled his body from the Fox River. The coroner's office ruled his death a drowning.

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An official with the McHenry County Coroner's Office said Thursday that it cannot prove whether a teenager had a seizure before he drowned in a portion of the Fox River near Crystal Lake. "Whatever caused him to go into the water might be unexplainable, but his cause of death will definitely be as a result of a drowning," Deputy Coroner Curt Bradshaw said.

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