
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 18, 1995                   TAG: 9502200008
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BREEA WILLINGHAM
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MAN FOUND IN POND DROWNED

A medical examiner's report confirmed drowning as the cause of death of 45-year-old Mark Anthony Pratt, the Eden, N.C., man whose body was found frozen in a Henry County pond Monday night.

The report also noted that no evidence of foul play was found, and Henry County investigators have closed the case.

"His clothes were still on the side of the pond, and it just appeared he went into the water to cool off due to hypothermia," said Henry County investigator Doug Sharp. People in the last stage of hypothermia often become very hot.

by CNB