Preliminary Autopsy: No Signs of Notable Trauma in Boy’s Death

LONGVIEW — A preliminary autopsy report released Friday showed no signs of notable trauma or foul play in the death of a 10-year-old J.L. Everhart student who died over a week ago. That’s according to KETK and the Longview News-Journal. The cause of death and the manner of death remain undetermined, pending histology and toxicology tests, according to the report. Justice of the Peace B.H. Jameson has said fourth grader Jamaal Jones’ death appeared to be “accidental.”

Jamaal died Oct. 5 after sustaining injuries in a fall at his grandmother’s house on Harvard Avenue. Neighbor Sula Johnson said children were playing after returning home from a funeral for Jamaal’s cousin. Johnson said she watched the boy slide down a rail on the front porch when she saw him start shaking. Jamaal grabbed several objects, including a barbecue pit, attempting to stop his fall, she added. Provisional pathologic findings in the report showed a history of falls at ground level and identified trauma limited to an abrasion of the left thigh. There was no cranial trauma, according to the preliminary autopsy report.