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Autopsy required to determine cause of death of former officer
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a former police investigator whose work helped exonerate six people wrongly convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a Beatrice woman has died following the crash of his pickup truck.
Beatrice radio station KWBE reports that 54-year-old Mike Oliver died after being found unresponsive Friday afternoon in his truck after it had crossed the U.S. Highway 77 median and rolled into a field.
Authorities say an autopsy Saturday showed Oliver had died of a medical episode, not from injuries in the crash.
The longtime Beatrice Police Department veteran had headed the task force that re-examined the investigation regarding the so-called Beatrice Six case.
Mike Oliver is a native of Falls City who had served as a Richardson County Deputy Sheriff early in his law enforcement career.
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