An autopsy determined that a man found dead in the Fox Plaza shopping center died from heart disease, an El Paso police spokesman said.
The body of 61-year-old James Winter was found about 7 a.m. Oct. 5 after police officers conducted a check on his well-being at the shopping center on East Paisano Drive in South-Central El Paso, Officer Adrian Cisneros, a police spokesman, said in an email.
Winter's toxicology test results are pending, Cisneros said.
An investigation by the Crimes Against Persons Unit determined there was no foul play.
Update: Northeast El Paso canal death
"Mixed drug toxicity" was determined to have caused the death of man whose body was found in a canal in Northeast El Paso earlier this summer, Cisneros said.
The body of Rex Allen Roe, 55, was found on the afternoon
of July 17 in the water of a canal that runs along Girl Scout Way near Transmountain Road, police said.
An autopsy determined Roe died of "mixed drug toxicity," which is a fatal combination of drugs, Cisneros said in an email. The unattended death was investigated by the Crimes Against Persons Unit, which found no foul play.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Autopsies determine causes of Fox Plaza, canal deaths in El Paso
