Family: Candidate's son had enlarged heart
Assembly candidate Don Wagner said Tuesday that while results from a coroner's autopsy are still inconclusive, an initial finding revealed that his son, Paul Wagner, who was found dead in his car on Saturday, had a severely enlarged heart.
"They found the heart was enlarged with a circumference of 480 cc when the normal heart is 300cc," Don Wagner said. "They found that to be an anomaly.''
Deputy Coroner Mitchell Sigal said the initial findings from Monday's autopsy were inconclusive and that final results would require more testing, including toxicology results. Sigal declined to release more information.
On Saturday at 9:31 a.m. Newport Beach police found Paul Wagner, 20, dead in his Acura SUV in a parking structure on the Newport Beach peninsula. Initial investigation revealed that Wagner, who worked as a valet supervisor, may have been watching a movie on his laptop while waiting for cars to be parked or picked up. Police found no signs of foul play.
Family members said Wagner was diagnosed as bi-polar and had been on a series of medications. The family initially believed his death may have followed a bad reaction from the drugs or an accidental overdose.
Now they're wondering if the underlying heart condition could have interacted with the medication, Don Wagner said.
The coroner "said it wouldn't surprise her if the depressants he was on with an enlarged, inefficient heart could have overwhelmed his system and shut down his heart,'' he said….
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