LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Authorities have identified a 17-year-old who was found dead in a vehicle in Louisville's Beechmont neighborhood Wednesday morning.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office, that teen has been identified as Christian Ruhekenya, of Louisville.
No foul play is suspected, according to Dwight Mitchell, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department.
Mitchell said at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, police were sent to the 4500 block of South 1st Street, near East Southern Heights Avenue, on a report of a person down inside a vehicle.
When they arrived, they found the body of the 17-year-old identified as Ruhkenya.
He lived at that location, according to the coroner's office.
LMPD's Homicide Unit is handling this as a death investigation and is waiting for the Jefferson County Coroner's Office to determine the cause of death, according to Mitchell.
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