Hypothermia Official Cause of Joey Frase Death
Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd reports that Joey Frase's blood-alcohol content was .09, but it was exposure to the sub-zero temperatures that ultimately claimed his life in the early morning hours of Jan. 20.
The cause of death for Joseph "Joey" Frase of Grayslake, whose body was found the morning of Jan. 22 near Campbell Airport, "is very simple," said Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd. "Hypothermia." Frase, 20, had gone missing from a party in Round Lake's Madrona Village in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan 20. Volunteers searching in a tree line near the area of Campbell Airport in Round Lake Park discovered his body at about 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Given the sub-zero wind chills in those overnight hours, and the fact that Frase was wearing a hoodie and not a winter coat, "exposure can take you very fast," said Rudd. Rudd also reported that Frase's blood-alcohol content was .09, just over the legal driving limit of .08. Rudd said he…
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Megan McGarry
10:46 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
My name is megan and I am a close friend of Joey's. I was not at the party, but I was his last phone call ever made. My phone never registered the call but shortly after he placed it, his phone died. His friends at the party did try and help him. But when he said he was lost, he also told them that he was in a completely different place than he really was. His friends were not worried about being… more ›