WATERVILLE, Minn. -- Le Sueur County authorities have ruled as accidental the death of a 24-year-old man whose body was found in a Waterville alley.
A coroner's report says acute alcohol intoxication and hypothermia contributed to Christopher A. Poehler's death.
Poehler's body was found Monday about 6:30 a.m. Police say he lived in a nearby apartment.
Witnesses told police they had seen Poehler in a nearby bar late Sunday night.
Coroner John H. Berg says Poehler also suffered a head injury before the hypothermia set in, but the injury didn't contribute to his death.
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