Coroner Stumped by Detox Death

San Juan Capistrano Patch

The Orange County coroner’s office has completed its investigation into the death of a San Juan Capistrano man at a Huntington Beach detox center but cannot figure out why he died. Jason Redmer’s cause of death is “undetermined,” said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, which also operates the coroner’s office. About 10 months ago, Redmer checked into a residential center – West Coast Detox on Yale Circle, licensed by the state to offer non-medical detox – to cleanse himself from an alcohol addiction. Four days later, staff found him not breathing. He died before help could arrive.

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