An autopsy has confirmed that a 43-year-old man, whose body was found in a West Valley City canal in September, died from drowning.
West Valley City police Sgt. Mike Powell said the death of Richard Anthony Byrd, 43, was deemed to be accidental.
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He said authorities don’t know how Byrd drowned in the 3 or 4 feet of water in which he was found, but said an autopsy turned up nothing suspicious.
Some teenagers discovered Byrd’s body in the water at about 6:55 a.m. on Sept. 14 near 4100 South and 5800 West, while they were walking to school. The canal is just west of Hunter High School.
Byrd — who had a lengthy criminal history — was being investigated by the Salt Lake City police in connection with a 1994 cold case murder in the November 1994 fatal shooting of Cornelia Salt, 22, who was found dead in a rental car on a dead end circle near Jordan Park.
Salt Lake City police said Wednesday that after consulting with the district attorney’s office they had closed the investigation into Salt’s death.
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