PHILADELPHIA (PA)
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PHILADELPHIA – The Montgomery County coroner’s office tells Fox 29 that preliminary findings show prescribed pharmaceuticals in the system of the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.
The coroner didn’t detail the type of drugs, but Bevilacqua, who was 88, was reportedly being treated for dementia and cancer at the time of his death.
Coroner Walter I. Hofman told Fox 29 on Tuesday that his office is now testing to see if the amount of drugs in Bevilacqua’s system at the time of his death matches the prescribed dosage. He says the process will take several weeks.
The coroner said his office is doing drug analysis and pharmacokinetics testing and he hopes to close the case out by March 10.
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