Teen’s Death Under Investigation

ALBA � Wood County officials said the circumstances surrounding the death of a 16-year-old boy were suspicious. Loren Saunders was found about last Wednesday morning around 1:30 with a single gunshot wound to the chest at Chaney Point RV Park on County Road 1590 in Wood County. Sheriff�s deputies were dispatched to the residence after Saunders� father reported his son had been shot, and he was doing CPR on him, officials said.

The case was turned over to the Wood County District Attorney�s Office for further investigation after the medical examiner�s office said evidence didn�t add up to the death being considered accidental. At the time, investigator William Burge said Saunders� cause of death was ruled accidental, because Saunders� father told authorities he caught him playing with the .22 caliber handgun at their home in Alba.