Crime & Safety

Boy, 15, found dead in Healdsburg home

Police investigating cause of death at home on Kennedy Lane.

Healdsburg police said a 15-year-old boy was found dead in a home on Kennedy Lane early Tuesday morning.

Police and the Sonoma County Coroner's Office are invesigating the cause of death, Healdsburg Sgt. John Haviland, the reporting officer. said in a a news release Tuesday morning.

"Details of the incident are not being released at the family's request," Haviland said.

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According to Haviland, police dispatchers received a 9-1-1 medical call just after 6:30 a.m. Tuesday from a home on Kennedy Lane.

"Officers responded and found a deceased 15-year-old," Haviland said.

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 Haviland said police are not suspecting foul play, but he added it was too soon to say definitely.

"We don't think so," he said. "But we want to make sure we conduct a complete and thorough investigation."


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