Police: Minn. man froze to death

Published 4:47 pm Saturday, January 16, 2016

EVELETH — Police in northern Minnesota said a 29-year-old man found dead in an Eveleth park died of hypothermia.

The body of 29-year-old Kyle Steven Shock was found Thursday morning.

Preliminary autopsy results show Shock died of “hypothermia due to cold exposure.”

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Eveleth Police Chief Tim Koivunen said the autopsy found no foul play. Koivunen said alcohol apparently was a factor in Shock’s death.

Shock had lived in Eveleth the past couple of years and previously lived in Virginia, Minnesota.