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Nevaeh Buchanan may have been buried alive

According to The Free Press, testing on the Monroe girl's body, including her lungs, show she died after inhaling dirt.

Update on Nevaeh Buchana Abduction Task Force findings:

July 15 -- Investigators continue to follow up on more than 1,200 tips and leads. Only partial results have been received on the analysis of evidence recovered at the gravesite and submitted to the Michigan State Police Crime Laboratory.

Investigators continue to request anyone who fished in the area where the body was located, or who saw any vehicles or persons in that location on or around May 24 to call the tip line at 734.243.7070.

Autopsy results were released as well. That story follows.

DETROIT, Mich. (WTOL) - The Detroit Free Press is reporting that 5-year old Nevaeh Buchanan may have been buried alive. An autopsy reportedly ruled asphyxiation as the cause of death.

According to The Free Press, testing on the Monroe girl's body, including her lungs, show she died after inhaling dirt.

Nevaeh's body was discovered June 4 by fishermen along the River Raisin, 10days after she disappeared from her apartment complex.

No arrests have been made. Call 734.243.7070 with any information about the case.

Click to read more from The Detroit Free Press.

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