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- Cause of woman's death unknown
- CHINOOK PASS (1-3-99)---An autopsy on the body of a woman found dead here Jan. 1 hasn't revealed exactly how she died, according to the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.
- Janice Crabb, 51, was found dead here in a hot tub in the 200 block of Rainbow Rock Lane.
- Forensic testing today revealed she had a high blood alcohol level. Her cause of death was listed as "probable freshwater drowning" but the "manner of death is undetermined," according to officials.
- Deputies said other nonfatal injuries were present, so the pathologist couldn't say for sure the cause of death was drowning.
- None of the other noted injuries would have been fatal in themselves, and may have been from accidents that occurred before death, officials said.
- The Sheriff's office will request a second opinion as the YSO continues the investigation.
- Mrs. Crabb's companion, who discovered her body in the home's hot tub, has cooperated with investigators and is not in custody, deputies said today. A timeline for further investigation was not made available by the YSO.