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DAYTON -- At approxi- mately 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, responders located the body of 52-year- old Gary Spainhower at the scene of a fire that destroyed a travel trailer at Shangra-La RV Park just west of Dayton on Highway 12. On July 1, Columbia County Coroner Rea Culwell released the results of an autopsy per- formed on Mr. Spainhower.

Initial results indicated the death was caused by smoke and soot inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an acci- dental fire. Whether drugs or alcohol contributed to the accident will be determined pending toxicology results.