Autopsies Turn Up Few New Answers in Deaths of Teens Found in Car

ST. CHARLES, IL — Autopsies performed Friday on two teens found unresponsive in a parked car in St. Charles turned up few new answers as to what caused their deaths.

Foul play is not suspected in the deaths of Kody R. Dietrich, 18, of the 1600 block of Indiana Street in St. Charles, and Adalina Elizabeth Donoso, 18, of Racine, Wis., according to news release from the Kane County Coroner's Office. Autopsies performed on Friday also did not show any obvious signs of trauma.

Toxicology samples were collected and sent to a forensic lab for analysis.

Dietrich and Donoso were found unresponsive in the backseat of a car at 8:08 a.m. Thursday in a parking lot in the 0 to 99 block of North 17th Street, authorities said.

Emergency personnel began life-saving measures on both Dietrich and Donoso before taking them to Delnor Hospital in Geneva where they were pronounced dead, according to authorities.

Police told the Daily Herald no evidence of drugs or drug paraphernalia was found in the car.

There was no obvious indications as to what caused the deaths, St. Charles Police Department Deputy Chief David Kintz said Thursday.

Dietrich was a student at St. Charles East High School. His death marks the third death of a student this week. Last weekend, twin sisters Brittany and Tiffany Coffland, who were juniors at the high school, were found shot dead in a St. Charles condo. Authorities believe their father, Randall Coffland, shot them.

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St. Charles Principal Charlie Kyle, in a letter to parents Thursday afternoon, said Dietrich's death would be addressed at school Friday morning, the Elgin Courier-News reports. He said students would also be made aware of the "social and emotional supports" available to them.

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