5/29/13 - Autopsy results are inconclusive for a former NFL quarterback from Livingston County who was found dead yesterday in northern Michigan after going missing on Sunday night. The body of 30-year-old Cullen Finnerty was found about 8 p.m. Tuesday in the woods within a mile of where he disappeared. WOOD reports an autopsy has not revealed a cause of death, ruling out natural causes such as heart attack. Results are still pending for other tests, such as a toxicology report and an examination of Finnertyâs brain relating to prior football injuries. The search for Finnerty drew scores of police and volunteers, including staff and players from Grand Valley State. Sheriff Robert Hilts said Finnerty last spoke to a family member Sunday night in a phone call in which he said "he was nervous about something." Based on that call, Hilts said the family suspected he might be having some kind of a mental episode. Authorities say his body was eventually found beneath a heavily-needled pine tree, making it very difficult to see from a distance. Finnerty, a 2001 Brighton High School graduate, was a dual-threat QB who played for Grand Valley teams that won Division II titles in 2003, 2005 and 2006. He also briefly played in the NFL in Baltimore and Denver. (TD)
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