A Sharpsburg man who was found dead in a Frazer parking lot in January died of a drug overdose, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner.
On Jan. 17, Joshua Nord, 32, of Sharpsburg, was found dead by police in a parked vehicle along the 2000 block of Village Center Drive near the Pittsburgh Mills mall.
Frazer police Chief Terry Kuhns said in January that Wal-Mart employees normally check the parking lot for suspicious vehicles, but inclement winter weather likely delayed the check.
Nord was wanted on assault charges by Sharpsburg police and a Frazer officer searching for Nord found his vehicle in the parking lot.
“He was there for an extended period,” Kuhns said in January.
According to the medical examiner, Nord’s death was caused by the combined toxic effects of ethanol, the sedative zolpidem, the anti-seizure medication clonazepam and difluoroethane, an aerosol propellant.
Matthew Medsger is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Matthew at 724-226-4675, mmedsger@tribweb.com or via Twitter @matthew_medsger.
