Partly solved the mystery behind Matthew Mindler’s death: the young actor had ingested so much sodium nitrate
We return to talk about the tragedy that has struck the United States and the entire world of cinema and acting. Matthew Mindler, the young actor found dead last August 30 in a wood near the high school he attended, in Pennsylvania, would have died after ingesting a large amount of sodium nitrate. The substance is contained in dried meat and cured meats.
Over the past summer, the world of US and global cinema was swept away by the devastating news of the death of a young actor who, although recently around, had already struck the hearts of millions and millions of viewers. We are talking about Matthew Mindler.
There family of the young star, on 25 August he contacted the police denouncing the disappearance of the son. The last time they had seen him was the night before. He wore sneakers, blue jeans, a black backpack and a white hooded sweatshirt.
Authorities immediately started a look for it everywhere, with the hope of finding him still alive. Unfortunately, all hope was extinguished a few days later, when some agents found his dead body in a wooded area near the college that Matthew was attending.
Causes of death were not initially disclosed. If it had been an illness or an assault on the part of someone.
The causes of the death of Matthew Mindler
Both Matthew Mindler’s family members and the investigators had kept a certain reserve on what happened, also because they themselves were still at the search for truth.
The investigations to try to understand what really happened in those days at the end of August and to try to reconstruct the last hours of the young actor’s life went on for weeks.
Eric Bieber, the coroner in charge of carrying out theautopsy on the lifeless body of the 19-year-old actor, in the last few hours, he made statements to PennLive Friday, which theoretically would put an end to all doubts.
The autopsy examination showed a large presence of sodium nitrate. this substance is a preservative used in bacon, cured meats and dried meat which, when taken in large quantities, can cause cyanosis, hypoxia, impaired consciousness, arrhythmias and death.