By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The man found dead inside a vehicle at Centralia’s Jack-in-the Box earlier this week died from basically a heart attack, the Lewis County coroner said this morning.
He was 59 years old.
Centralia police called to the parking lot at Jack-in-the-Box on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue on Wednesday night learned that the four-door passenger car had been parked there for a couple of days.
Coroner Warren McLeod said he can’t say when the man passed, but believed he had been dead no more than two days.
The official cause is coronary artery disease, McLeod said.
Richard Borego lived in his car, McLeod said.
He has family in Bellingham who said he chose to live that way, according to McLeod.
“He was not homeless in the normal sense,” McLeod said. “He took very good care of himself.”
Borego was found in his backseat, very natural, very peaceful, as though he had been taking a nap, according to authorities.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Well said BobbyinLC
Lisarae nails it! i’m not advocating a lawsuit against jack in the box for not making sure that the people parked in their lots are actually living, but i am advocating a more compassionate approach to people who OBVIOUSLY appear to be in NEED, whether it’s a place to stay or medications to stay healthy.
He lived that way by choice? Im sure there is much more to that, but either way, it is pathetic that people are dying homeless and alone, in the most “wealthy” country in the world~
Read the article. The family knows about the death and gave the info to the coroenr about his chocie to live in the car. However I do agree with you Sandra….it would horrible for family to read about deaths or any bad news about their loved ones on line. That is why official information is not released until the next of kin has been notified. Social media moves so much faster than life that many times events are posted online before families can be told in person. Technology…good or evil?
So sad I think it would be heartbreaking for the family to fine out this way.