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Drowning ruled as cause of death for man pulled from Mon River in October

Tawnya Panizzi
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Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled drowning as the cause of death for a man found floating in the Monongahela River in October.

David Roberts, 53, was found unresponsive in the river by a boater on Oct. 15.

Roberts, of Mount Oliver, was discovered near the Color Park at Fourth and Bingham streets in the South Side Flats.

The manner of death is still undetermined, according to the medical examiner’s report.

Tawnya Panizzi is a TribLive reporter. She joined the Trib in 1997. She can be reached at tpanizzi@triblive.com.

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