VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — A man who died while trying to break-in to a Vancouver Chinese restaurant Wednesday died from a blunt force injury of the pelvis, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner.
Dennis Wickham says the death of Joseph Nugent, 54 was an accident. Nugent fell and shattered his pelvis, said Wickham.
Nugent’s naked body was found in the kitchen of the Tender Green Chinese Kitchen on Fourth Plain Blvd.
Kim Kapp with Vancouver Police says it appears the suspect was coming in through the roof of the building, without clothes on, to commit a burglary.