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19-Year-Old Caldwell Community College Student Dies in Boone on Saturday

On Saturday just before noon, Boone Police responded with Watauga Medics to 105 Assembly Drive in reference to a male suffering a medical emergency. First arriving units initiated emergency medical care.

The victim was transported to Watauga Medical Center where he died. Boone Police Department Investigators responded to the scene and initiated an investigation to determine the circumstances of the death.

The decedent, Jesse Jacob Lipnack, 19, was transferred to the custody of the medical examiner for an autopsy and toxicological testing. The cause of death remains undetermined pending results of the autopsy and testing. There are no indications of foul play.

Lipnack was a Caldwell Community College Student.