A 23-year-old man found dead near Rainier Road the morning of Oct. 5 died from a self-inflicted wound, the Thurston County Coroner said Tuesday.
The Olympian typically does not report on such incidents unless they happen in a public area.
About 10:40 a.m. that Sunday, an off-duty Thurston County Sheriff’s deputy found a vehicle and then a man’s body nearby in the 9200 block of Rainier Road Southeast, Coroner Gary Warnock said. That location is between Lacey and Rainier…