News Release

Agricultural Death in Bellvue, Colorado on July 19, 2012

Department: Coroner
Release Date: Jul 20, 2012

Contact:

Larimer County Coroner Office
Investigator James MacNaughton
495 N Denver Avenue
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 679-4517

Larimer County Coroner Investigator James MacNaughton responded to the scene of an agricultural accident in Bellvue, Colorado on July 19, 2012 where he pronounced the decedent dead at 9:34 pm. 

The decedent has been identified as 13 year old Kelsey Helen Graves of Bellvue, Colorado

An autopsy was performed today, July 20, 2012 by James A. Wilkerson IV, MD.

Manner of death:   Accident

Cause of death:  Electrocution

Description of how injury occurred:   Shocked by 480 volts as she was cleaning a pivot filter in a wet environment.