A Michigan man lost his life, after being found in a vent at a college, while on the run from authorities.
According to authorities, Jason Thompson, 36, died of asphyxia inside a vent at Macomb County College.
Thompson was found in the vent Sunday as campus police investigated an odor coming from the school’s performing arts building.
Thompson was reported missing on November 1, after he had told his family that he was running from the police. However, police claim they were not actively seeking Thompson at the time of his disappearance, though he did have open warrants at the time.
“He made a deliberate decision to unlawfully enter the building’s ventilation system once on the roof, entering an air vent not designed to accommodate human access,” Macomb College police said.
“Once entering the system from the roof, he kept breaking through barriers and burrowing deeper into the HVAC system, traversing a great distance through the duct work across the entire mechanical room. Ultimately, he came to a duct that was vertical in a downward direction, which he entered head first, getting stuck when encountering a narrowed section,” police added.
After a thorough investigation, Thompson’s death was ruled accidental.
