An autopsy of Carson Crimeni showed no injuries or health problems that would account for the 14-year-old Langley teenB次元官网网址檚 death last week, at least according to third-person information received by his father, Aron, on Tuesday.
B次元官网网址淭hey called me from the funeral home,B次元官网网址� Aron told the Langley Advance Times.
Carson was found in severe medical distress in Walnut Grove Community Park on Wednesday night (Aug. 7) by police who tried to revive him while waiting for paramedics to arrive. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
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The coroner ordered an autopsy. But no obvious cause of death was discovered, according to Aron.
B次元官网网址淗e was perfectly healthy,B次元官网网址� Dad shared. B次元官网网址淭hey found no cause of death [from the preliminary examination]. He wasnB次元官网网址檛 choked.B次元官网网址�
A blood toxicology test to determine if drugs can be detected has been ordered, Aron added. But he was told that will take, at best, several weeks.
Crimeni expects the results will show his son died from an overdose.
B次元官网网址淭hey ruled out anything else,B次元官网网址� he said.
Andy Watson, spokesperson for the BC Coroners Service, would not comment on the open investigation.
B次元官网网址淎ny details from testing we conduct or order will be included as part of our coronerB次元官网网址檚 report, which will be available only at the conclusion of our investigation and will answer how, where, when, and by what means this male teen came to his death,B次元官网网址� Watson said.
B次元官网网址淭his investigation is in its early stages and remains open.B次元官网网址�
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Sleepless nights for grieving dad
For the single dad, the time since his son died has been a series of sleepless nights spent grieving for his only son.
Aron explained that because he was working in construction, his son had been staying with his grandfather on weekdays.
B次元官网网址淚 have to be out the door at 6:30 in the morning,B次元官网网址� Aron related.
It was also convenient for Carson to stay with his grandfather Darrel, who lived just down the street from Walnut Grove Secondary, where Carson attended.
But with Carson getting old enough to travel by himself on public transit, it had recently become possible for him to move in with his dad, who lives in the Willowbrook neighbourhood, and take the bus to school in Walnut Grove, Aron explained. TheyB次元官网网址檇 been living together about a month.
On Wednesday, Aug. 7, Carson didnB次元官网网址檛 make it home, to his dadB次元官网网址檚 place, by a pre-arranged check-in time of 7:30 p.m.
After multiple messages to CarsonB次元官网网址檚 cellphone went unanswered, his father and grandfather started searching. Aron drove along the bus route his son would have taken, and Darrel focussed on the nearby park.
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Aron described getting a phone call from Darrel around 9:30 p.m. that night, telling him that Carson had been found in the park.
B次元官网网址淗e said paramedics were working on him,B次元官网网址� Aron recalled. At first, he thought it might be something like a fracture B次元官网网址� serious but survivable.
Not until he arrived and found Carson had been placed in an ambulance for transport to hospital, did he fear the worst.
B次元官网网址淭hey wouldnB次元官网网址檛 let me look in the ambulance,B次元官网网址� he recalled. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 bad, when they do that.B次元官网网址�
He was horrified to later learn that videos of his son, in obvious distress, had been posted on social media, with people laughing and the teen barely able to walk or talk.
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B次元官网网址淲e, as a family, have been given a lot of information and itB次元官网网址檚 heartbreaking,B次元官网网址� Aron said.
Based on what he has seen and heard, Dad believes Carson died because some bullies wanted to abuse him.
B次元官网网址淭his is a bully thing,B次元官网网址� Aron said.
Carson had struggled in school, due to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), which meant it was hard for him to focus in a classroom setting, his father explained.
But when it came to one of CarsonB次元官网网址檚 passions, like playing hockey, or video games or B次元官网网址� most of all B次元官网网址� cooking, it was a different story.
B次元官网网址淚f you put him in a kitchen, he had a laser-like focus,B次元官网网址� Aron recalled.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 bad [about cooking]. We would go to the store, and IB次元官网网址檇 get something frozen and he would pull on my sleeve and and drag me to the meat aisle.B次元官网网址�
Carson was an accomplished cook at an early age, preparing a full chicken dinner from scratch at the age of 13.
B次元官网网址淗e was either going to be a chef or a veterinarian,B次元官网网址� Aron predicted.
He remembers his son as someone who would make an effort to make other people feel better by getting them to laugh.
B次元官网网址淚f anyone looked [unhappy], he would be funny.B次元官网网址�
Aron repeated the family appeal for witnesses to help police in their investigation.
He also urged people against taking justice into their own hands.
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Langley RCMP have set up a tipline at 604-532-3398 for people with information about the case.
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