Autopsy results show that a University of Michigan student who was found dead on campus in January died as a result of extreme cold exposure, aggravated by “acute ethanol intoxication.”
The Michigan Medicine Pathology and Clinical Laboratories report, completed March 8, and was made available to CBS News Detroit on Thursday.
Lucas Mattson, 19, “was exposed to prolonged cold environmental conditions while intoxicated,” the pathology report said. Testing at the time of the autopsy found a blood alcohol level of 0.156% in his body. Michigan law considers a blood alcohol level of 0.08 to be over the legal limit for drivers over 21, and 0.02 to be over the legal limit for drivers under 21…