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Coroner says UNLV student died of natural causes

A 19-year-old freshman student found dead in February inside a dorm room at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas died of natural causes, the Clark County coroner's office said Thursday.

According to the coroner's office, Race Matthew Salazar died from an "intracranial hemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurism."

Salazar's body was found about 1 p.m. Feb. 22 in the university's Tonopah Hall, a six-story structure in the southeast corner of campus.

Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.

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