PORT ANGELES — An autopsy report has not helped authorities explain why a 13-year-old girl died at a Beaver campground more than two weeks ago, authorities say.
Clallam County Undersheriff Ron Peregrin said the report, completed last week, did not find anything “remarkable” that would suggest what killed Lillian Star Taylor of Port Angeles.
Taylor was camping with her mother and a few of her mother’s friends when they found the girl dead in her tent Aug. 27.
Peregrin said clues to the cause of the death may be found in results of a toxicology test, which has not been completed.
That test searches for chemicals, both natural and manmade, in blood samples.
Peregrin said the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has not concluded that she died by consuming a controlled substance.
“We have no preconceived notions because you just don’t know,” he said.
No foul play is suspected.
Detective Sgt. Lyman Moores estimated last week that the toxicology report, conducted at the State Patrol’s crime lab in Seattle, could take up to six weeks to complete.
Taylor and her companions were camping at the Tumbling Rapids Campground on Rayonier Inc. property off U.S. Highway 101 northeast of Beaver.
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