Coroner looking for family of deceased York County man
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
York County authorities are looking for the family of a man who died at a personal care facility this week.
Coroner Pamela Gay said Melvin Eckenrode was in his 70s and died of natural causes at ManorCare Kingston Court, at 2400 Kingston Court in Springettsbury Township.
Gay is asking anyone who knows or is part of Eckenrode’s family to call her office at 717-840-7617.
the report showing he had traces of methamphetamine in his system and concluded the cause of death was undetermined. the family says he had a history of drug use but this kind of behavior not like him so they hired their own pathologist long after the death. that pathologist discovered that the heart, the brain, the throat were missing from palmer s body. the york county coroner pamela gay says an explanation for that. the organs, according to her, were retained for further study and will not be released until the investigation is complete and said that was to determine if was there any asphyxiation. the way gay describes it is they have a process investigating these kind of questionable deaths and that process is being followed and they also say that they have been in contact with the family who says through their attorney that they still want more transparency and want more answers, according to them. they are still calling on authorities to release potentially any surveillance
york county coroner pamela gay says an explanation for that. t the organs were retained for further study and will not be released until the investigation is complete and said that was to determine if was there any asphyxiation. they have a process investigating these kind of questionable deaths and that process is being followed and they also say that they have been in contact with the family who says through their attorney that they still want more transparency and want more answer according to them. they are still calling on authorities to release potentially any surveillance video that captured the interior of that holding cell the day that this happened. they say they have been told what happened to their loved one but they want to see it with their own eyes. the district attorney said they will not comment on this case as