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On Thursday, June 25, 2026, at approximately 2:07 p.m., the Howard County Coroner was dispatched to 00NS, County Road 750 W, Kokomo, in reference to a decedent who had been involved in a motor vehicle accident.  The decedent has been positively identified as Evan Lee Shaffer, a 13-year-old male from Macon, Georgia. Family has been notified.

On Friday, June 26, 2026, an autopsy was performed by a forensic pathologist at the Howard County Coroner’s Office. The preliminary cause of death is multiple blunt force injuries. The manner of death is accidental. Final determination is pending autopsy and toxicology results. 

This case remains under investigation by the Howard County Sheriff’s Office and the Howard County Coroner’s Office.