Pressly Foster

First Name: Pressly
Last Name: Foster
Description: 
boy
Sex: 
Male
Age Descriptor: 
15 yrs
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .came to his death by falling in a branch in an epileptic fit & causing strangulation

COD Short Description: 
fell in branch during seizure
Original Record: 
2642

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