ICYMI: Mom Finds Teen Son Dead In Upper East Side Apartment

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 15-year-old Upper East Sider, police told Patch. Takashi Tamiguchi's body was discovered Tuesday night around 9:23 p.m. when his mother returned from work.

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Tamaguchi's mother tried to enter the teenager's room when she returned from work but found the door locked, police said. The mother gained entrance to the room and found her son's mattress flipped over on top of her son, an NYPD spokesman told Patch. Tamaguchi's body was inside a sleeping bag underneath the mattress, police said.

It wasn't immediately clear whether anybody else was in the home with Tamaguchi before his mother returned from work, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

When police arrived at Tamiguchi's East 85th Street apartment building they found the teen unconscious and unresponsive with no visible signs of trauma to the body, police said. EMS personnel declared Tamiguchi dead on the scene.

The NYPD will investigating the death to determine if there is any criminality involved and the Medical Examiner's office will determine the cause of death, police said.

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