WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy.
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Deputies responded to the 300 block of Light Beam Drive around 7 a.m. on Wednesday on reports of a deceased person, according to a Montgomery County Regional Dispatch supervisor.
In an update sent Wednesday afternoon, Sergeant Isaiah Keller said a Hospice Nurse told detectives they had pronounced a 17-year-old boy deceased after he passed away overnight at the home.
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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit Detectives and the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene.
News Center 7’s crew on the scene reported seeing marked Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office cruisers and evidence vehicles, as well as some unmarked law enforcement vehicles.
Further information regarding the 17-year-old’s death and if they were in hospice care was not immediately available.
The teen was taken to the coroner’s office for an autopsy to be conducted.
This remains under investigation by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit.
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