By Kim Minugh, Bill Lindelof and Gina Kim:
Sacramento County coroner's officials have completed an autopsy on a 14-year-old boy who collapsed and died just after midnight Sunday, but the cause of his death remains unclear.
The official cause will not be known until after test results return, the coroner's office said.
Earlier today, Elk Grove police spokesman Officer Chris Trim confirmed that Ronald Tre Kenoly suffered from asthma, and that the coroner's office was aware of the ailment.
Kenoly was found lying on a front lawn in the 8600 block of Heritage Hill Drive just after midnight Sunday. He had been walking home from a party, according to police.
He was transported to Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:09 a.m., the coroner's office reported.
Witnesses said the teen was confronted by two people just before he collapsed. Without the results of the autopsy, police are not sure whether that played a role in the teen's death.
Trim said there were no obvious signs of trauma.
"We don't know if it's a criminal thing or a medical thing," Trim said. "So we're still figuring that out."
Anyone with information is asked to call the Elk Grove Police Department, (916) 714-5115.
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