Aris Eduardo Lobo-Perez
Aris Eduardo Lobo-Perez, 18, was a freshman at Radford University studying Sports Management, and friends remembered him as a funny guy who loved to have fun. His mother, Dixiana Perez, and his sister, Jennifer Turcios, said he was happy to be starting a new chapter in college. He was taken into custody near midnight on September 11, 2019, and held at the New River Valley Regional Jail in Pulaski County, Virginia, where he was found unresponsive in his cell the next morning and pronounced dead. The Office of the Medical Examiner in Roanoke ruled the death accidental, from acute buprenorphine toxicity with chronic asthma contributing, and state police closed the investigation without charges, though his family said they still have questions about what happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The medical examiner ruled the death accidental, from acute buprenorphine toxicity with chronic asthma contributing, and his family says they still have questions about what happened.
Reported by: Office of the Medical Examiner in Roanoke (medical examiner or coroner); Virginia State Police (outside investigators).