Man found in car at Pawtucket auto body shop died of natural causes

By News Staff

news@abc6.com 

Pawtucket police say the death of a man found in a car parked at an auto body shop died of natural causes.

The body of 56-year-old Augusto Morais was found Thursday morning in a car parked in the lot at Woodlawn Auto Service.            

The shop owner said that security camera footage shows one or more people assaulting the man Wednesday night.

However, police say that after reviewing the surveillance footage, Morais was not involved in the altercation.

An autopsy was conducted to determine his cause of death. 

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