By Emma Rausch
emma@thepaperofwabash.com
WABASH, Ind. – The Wabash woman whose body was discovered near Wabash and Main streets in January died of natural causes, according to Cpt. Matt Benson, Wabash Police Department public information officer.
At approximately 8:10 a.m. on Jan. 9, Genna Garcia-Hiatt, 35, of Wabash, was discovered lying on the sidewalk near downtown Wabash and unresponsive, according Benson.
“No foul play was discovered throughout the investigation,” Benson told The Paper of Wabash County.
An autopsy concluded Hiatt’s cause of death was “complications of acute pancreatitis and ruptured esophageal varices” with chronic alcoholism as a contributing factor, according to Suzie Lewis, Wabash County coroner.