JUNEAU, Alaska—Police in Alaska’s capital city have not determined whether the city’s new mayor died from a natural event or foul play but have tentatively ruled out gunshots, drugs or suicide in the death.
Stephen “Greg” Fisk, 70, was found in his Juneau home with injuries that police did not describe. Police are awaiting autopsy results to announce a possible cause of death.
“It’s not clear what the cause of those injuries are,” police spokeswoman Erann Kalwara said Tuesday.
Fisk’s adult son of found the mayor’s body Monday and alerted police.
Fisk lived alone. There was no sign of forced entry into Fisk’s home above Juneau’s downtown, where a lone police vehicle sat outside the home Tuesday afternoon. Police tape kept the curious away, and a sign announced the sidewalk—which are really steps along the mountainside street—was closed.
Police are hoping the state medical examiner in Anchorage will complete the autopsy in a couple of days, she said.
Fisk had scheduled appointments Monday and when he missed them, his adult son, Ian, went to his father’s home and spotted the body.
In their official statement, police acknowledged rumors of an assault but said those rumors were “speculation.”
