Posted on 06/13/2007 9:36:09 AM PDT by hoosierboy
LA PORTE -- A 27-year-old La Porte man died Saturday of an accidental drug overdose less than 24 hours after getting married.
Michael Hart Jr. was found unresponsive by his wife, Jami, in their bed around noon Saturday at a home on south CR-350E in La Porte County. The home belongs to Hart’s father.
The couple was married Friday.
Attempts by The La Porte County Herald-Argus to reach the father and Jami this morning were unsuccessful.
La Porte County Chief Deputy Coroner John Sullivan pronounced Hart’s time of death as 5:16 a.m. Saturday. A toxicology test revealed that the cause of death was “poly drug use” involving methadone and other drugs, Sullivan said. The death was ruled an accidental overdose.
Sgt. Tim Shortt of the La Porte County Sheriff’s Department said that the only people present in the house at the time of Hart’s death were Hart, his wife and his father.
The couple had been out Friday night and returned to the house early Saturday morning, Shortt said.
Hart had bonded out of jail Tuesday, according to the La Porte County Clerk’s Office. He had been jailed on a charge of forgery, a Class C felony. A court date had been set for June 8 but had been postponed, according to the clerk’s office.
There was no indication that Hart was using methadone to wean himself off of heroin, Sullivan said.
An obituary appears today on page 2.
Sure it was!!!
The society pages miss all the good ones.
Accidental? This guy was going to kill himself or somebody else sooner or later, it just happened sooner, that’s all.
Sounds like there'll be less paper work for the LE and the clerk's office with him gone. Why didn't they arrest the bride and father for possession?
With Methadone involved, an accidental OD is very easy to believe, IMO.
“Why do men die before their wives?”
“Because they want to.”
Either his choice of bride was too good, or maybe it was too bad.
I guess the bliss can’t last with a drug addict!
Did the wife take out a huge life insurance policy?
Does he get 72 Anna Nicole Smiths in paradise?
Sounds like he was coming and going.
Maybe he EDed the night of his wedding.
Lessee now... bonded out of jail on a felony on Tuesday, married Friday, found dead of methadone OD on Saturday.
At least he didn’t breed - bleach in the gene pool can be good.
Poor guy. Just look at all that great sex he’ll be missing. Oh wait - he’d just gotten married.
With any luck she got pregnant and can soon go on welfare to complete this wonderful union.
Why is that? I’m just curious, I have a relative on methadone.
Darn shame.
That was the end of Solomon Grundy.
See what I mean about him EDing?
Wouldn’t an annullment have been easier?
I’m tellin ya, marriage is dangerous which is why I avoid it- too risky!
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