Body of Joseph Tutaj held in LA pending autopsy
Photo credit: Handout | Seaford High School sophomore Joseph Tutaj, who traveled to Los Angeles with the school's marching band last week for a performance, died there after being hospitalized with a high fever. ( (Feb. 19, 2013)
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The mother of a Seaford High School student who died on a school trip to Los Angeles knew from his frequent text messages that he was ill, but said Thursday she had no idea "how bad it was."
Eileen Tutaj, 47, in a phone call from California, said an autopsy will determine what felled her "wonderful boy," Joseph.
Thursday night, she was arranging to fly home to Long Island without her...
