Coroner says exam will look for signs of traumatic brain injury in dead Ohio State athlete

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Neighbors observe police activity in an alley way near 6th Avenue and Cortland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio where the body of missing Ohio State football player, Kosta Karageorge was discovered in a dumpster on Nov. 30, 2014. According to police, Karageorge died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Kristen Zeis)

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A county coroner says a special examination will look for signs of traumatic brain injury in an Ohio State athlete found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Dr. Anahi (AN’-ih-hee) Ortiz of Franklin County says the examination by an Ohio State neuropathologist is being done because Kosta Karageorge (KOH’-stah KAHR’-ah-jorj) had a reported history of multiple concussions.

Ortiz said Monday that an autopsy determined the 22-year-old Karageorge died of a gunshot wound, but she hasn’t yet definitively ruled it a suicide.

Columbus police said Sunday that Karageorge died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

His mother, Susan Karageorge, told police in a missing-person’s report that her son had had several concussions.

Karageorge was a wrestler for three years and joined the football team as a walk-on this season.

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