MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — Nearly four months after a man with autism died inside a transport van outside his Mesa adult care facility, his family is holding off on a wrongful death lawsuit while police finish their criminal investigation.
Lorenzo Lopez died in June after being left in a van outside Pathways for Life. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Lopez died of heat exposure, according to family attorney Kurt Maahs.
Lopez had attended the day facility since 2008 for daily care and structured activities, following a routine schedule where he was picked up around 8:30 a.m. and returned home by 4:30 p.m…