Officials say Easton teen's hanging was accidental
OXFORD, Conn.—State police are ruling out foul play and suicide in what they describe as the tragic and accidental death of a 13-year-old Easton boy in Oxford.
A state police spokesman says the teenager died Saturday after he apparently became entangled with and hanged himself with a rope near a Naugatuck forest reservoir.
Initial reports by police were that the victim was 15, but state police have confirmed the boy is 13 and believe the cause of death is strangulation.
An autopsy will be done to determine the exact cause. Police have not released the teen's name.
The lake is part of the 514 acres the state bought from Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. in 2003.
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