Country music singer Luke Bell’s cause of death has been released after he went missing for a week, then was found dead on Aug. 26.
The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in Arizona released the autopsy report for the country singer on Tuesday.
Nearly one month after Bell was reported missing, an autopsy report and supporting toxicology screening confirmed that the country singer died of an accidental fentanyl overdose.
Bell was found unresponsive by a passerby in a parking structure in Tucson, Arizona, according to the Sept. 19 reports. Drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.
“In consideration of the known circumstances surrounding this death, the available medical history, and the examination of the remains, the cause of death is ascribed to fentanyl intoxication,” the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report. “The manner of death is accident.”
Despite Bell’s best efforts and the efforts of the support system around him, he was not able to make his mental health anguish a workable situation and perished as a result of the condition.
Allegedly, his fatal disappearance was not the first time he’d gone missing. Every time Bell had disappeared in the past, his team was always able to track him down and stop him from hurting himself before it was too late. This time, he was not able to get rescued.
He found it difficult to cope with his bipolar disorder and had disappeared in the past, but was always found, the late singer’s manager, Brian Buchanan, told TMZ.
“Luke fought this as hard as he could, but the disease got the better of him,” Buchanan said. “When he was beating the disease, he was the sweetest and most generous guy. He’s found peace now and there’s some comfort.”
Kinman told police that Bell had a recent change in his medication that might have “played a role” in his disappearance, but did not elaborate further.
More details of this report from AWM:
Reports reveal that Kinman (above left) searched for Bell (above right) for ten days before his body was found. Although bipolar disorder can lead to suicide due to bouts of severe depression, police did not reveal Bell’s cause of death yet. They are going to conduct an autopsy to get the exact cause of death and will then reveal it to determine exactly how Bell died after he went missing.
The investigation into Bell’s death remains active, but the coroner’s office for the city of Tucson confirmed that the day of his death was August 26, 2022.
Following the discovery of Bell’s body, Saving Country Music reported that Bell’s closest friends had been worried for his well-being since they had not heard from him or seen him starting on August 20, 2022.
Kinman spent time with Bell right before the country music singer disappeared.
“We came down here to Arizona to work down here, play some music, and he just took off,” Kinman said. “He was in the back of the truck. I went in to get something to eat. I came out, and he’d got out of the truck and left.”
Kinman had been supporting Bell for the last few years and noticed that Bell recently changed the medication that he took for bipolar disorder.
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Source: AWM
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