For Immediate Release by Coroner Dotti Owens
DATE AND TIME OF PRONOUNCED DEATH: 2/9/2020 @ 1140
ADA COUNTY CORONER CASE NO.: 200209-279
NAME: FREDERICK M. GILBERT
AGE: 71 YEARS
BIOLOGICAL SEX: MALE
PLACE OF PRONOUNCED DEATH: RESIDENCE
RESIDENCE: BOISE, IDAHO
CAUSE OF DEATH: ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS: TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS AND HUMAN
PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION
MANNER OF DEATH: NATURAL
SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 9, 2020 THE ADA COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE RESPONDED
TO THE DEATH OF 7I-YEAR-OLD FREDERICK M. GILBERT. A PRESS RELEASE DATED
FEBRUARY 12, 2020 STATED INITIAL SWAB SAMPLES TESTED FOR NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RETURNED NEGATIVE AND ADDITIONAL TEST RESULTS
WERE PENDING. AN UPDATED RELEASE DATED FEBRUARY 25, 2020 STATED TEST
RESULTS FROM THE CDC PATHOLOGY LABORATORY WERE RECEIVED AND
RETURNED NEGATIVE FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). ADDITIONAL TESTING
RETURNED POSITIVE FOR PARAINFLUENZA (HPIV-3). PARAINFLUENZA AND DIABETES
WERE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS.
THE CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED WITH CAUSE BEING
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING
CONDITIONS BEING DIABETES AND PARAINFLUENZA INFECTION.