CHICAGO — Officials have completed examinations of the man and child who were found dead in a Logan Square apartment on November 21.
Chicago police found Josean Cano, 40, and Samuel Cano, 6, in a bedroom during a wellness check at their home in the 3500 block of West Lyndale. Neighbors said they had not seen the family in weeks.
“It appears the bodies were there for [an] unknown amount of time in an advanced state of decomposition,” CPD said in a media statement at the time.
Earlier this year, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Josean Cano died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and cocaine. But they continued to investigate Samuel’s death.
Now, that probe has ended. According to the medical examiner’s office, which lists both his manner and cause of death as “undetermined,” investigators were unable to conclusively determine what killed the boy or how his death came about.
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, is commonly mixed with street drugs as the narcotics make their way through distribution channels. It was most commonly found in heroin but is now appearing more frequently in cocaine and pills.
Three people found dead inside an Edgewater senior housing facility in September all died from fentanyl and cocaine ingestion, according to the medical examiner. A migrant who died at the former Wadsworth Elementary School shelter last June also overdosed on fentanyl and cocaine, officials determined.
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