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Autopsy shows Matthew Stuart OD’d

September death ruled an accident

By John M. Guilfoil

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 20, 2011

Matthew Stuart died from a lethal overdose of cocaine and alcohol, according to the results of an autopsy conducted by the state. The report cites “acute intoxication by the combined effects of ethanol and cocaine’’ and ruled the man’s death an accident, said Terrel Harris, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Stuart was found dead in September, in a Central Square, Cambridge sober homeless shelter called Heading Home.

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