BLOOMSBURG - State police have not yet concluded their investigation into the death of suspended state police trooper David Alan Lynch, who was found dead in the Roaring Creek Tract of Weiser State Forest in February.
Bloomsburg State Police Commander Sgt. Mark Fulton said this week that toxicology reports are complete; however, experts need to be consulted to determine what the results mean.
Fulton said previously there was no indication of foul play, and that the 34-year-old resident of Locust Township, Columbia County, likely froze to death.
In a letter to the editor, Northumberland County District Attorney Tony Rosini had referenced the possibility that Lynch had been using the designer drug "bath salts" at the time of his disappearance, but investigators have not offered that information.
Lynch's body was discovered about 5 p.m. Feb. 2 on forest property in Conyngham Township, Columbia County. The Columbia County line is about four miles from Route 54 and the area where his pickup truck was discovered two days earlier.
Lynch began his career as a state trooper in 2006, but he ran afoul of the law and had been slated to go to trial on charges that included resisting arrest and DUI related to a domestic disturbance in 2009. Court documents showed Lynch had threatened to kill himself. Another trial involving a DUI from March 2009 was also scheduled.
An all-state football player at Mahanoy Area, he earned a scholarship to play football at Division I Duke University, where he graduated with a degree in history.