Coroner determines cause of death for man found hanging on Oakland hiking trail

A man who was found dead on the Bridgeview Trail in Oakland’s Oakmore neighborhood died by suicide, the Alameda County Coroner’s determined after an investigation.

The 36-year-old man, who The Oaklandside is not identifying, was found unresponsive by a parkgoer on June 30 just off the popular trail, which winds along a hillside above Sausal Creek in Dimond Canyon.

Oakland police, firefighters, and paramedics with Falck responded to the scene and cut the man down from a tree, according to police records…

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