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No cause of death yet for Joseph Tutaj after autopsy

Seaford High School sophomore Joseph Tutaj, who traveled

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)

The autopsy of a Seaford High School student was completed Friday, but the cause of death is undetermined pending further tests, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said.

Joseph Tutaj, 15, died Tuesday night while on the school marching band's trip to California. Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner, said it could take six to eight weeks to complete toxicology and...

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