The circumstances of the death of Keith O'Connell weren't considered suspicious, Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office.
O'Connell, who lived in the Parlin section of Old Bridge, had been living with his mother, KrisAnn, who was at the scene talking with police.
She denied a law enforcement official's account that her son had been a known drug user.
The sheriff's Crime Scene Unit and borough police responded.
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