Feb 11, 2021

Chadron man found unresponsive outside apartment door

Posted Feb 11, 2021 4:18 PM

By Kalin Krohe, Panhandle Post

A Chadron man was found unresponsive outside the door of his apartment. 

On Feb. 9 at approximately 10 a.m. the Chadron Police Department responded to a call of an unresponsive Chadron resident outside his apartment door in the hallway. 51 year-old Francis Long was rushed to Chadron Community Hospital. 

Long was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital. 

"After a review of evidence gathered at the scene, medical records, witness statements and consultation with medical personnel...it was determined that Mr. Long died of natural causes," Dawes County Attorney/Coroner Vance Haug said.