By Howard Packowitz PEORIA – An elderly Tazewell County man died Tuesday from exposure to the bitter cold. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the man, 82, apparently fell Tuesday morning trying to get into his home in the 100 block of Lincoln Road in Marquette Heights. A neighbor found him several hours later and called 911. The man was pronounced dead at OSF St. Francis Medical Center about 5:40 Tuesday evening, according to Harwood. The coroner is waiting for relatives to be notified before releasing the man’s name. In a news release, Harwood said being outside in the extremely cold air even for a short time can cause frostbite to exposed skin, and hypothermia can set in very quickly, especially in children and the elderly. “Please use extreme caution when going outdoors to do any kind of activity,” said Harwood. Howard Packowitz can be reached at howard.packowitz@cumulus.com<doc-sep>PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — An 82-year-old central Illinois man has died in the cold weather after authorities say he was found several hours after he fell trying to get into his home. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood tells the (Peoria) Journal Star that a neighbor found the Marquette Heights man Tuesday afternoon. The neighbor called 911. Harwood says his office was called to a Peoria hospital, where the man was pronounced dead later Tuesday. The man's cause of death was related to cold exposure. He wasn't immediately identified pending notification of family. The high temperature in Peoria on Tuesday was 10 according to the National Weather Service. Wednesday temperatures plummeted in central Illinois to double-digit subzero readings amid a cold snap. ___ Information from: Journal Star, http://pjstar.com Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 3 Angry 0<doc-sep>ROCHESTER, Minn. (WCCO) — A 22-year-old man is dead after his body was found in bitterly cold temperatures outside a Rochester residence over the weekend. Police say Ali Gombo likely died from hypothermia. A neighbor called 911 around 10 a.m. Sunday after seeing a man’s body outside a home in the 900 block of 4th Avenue Northwest. Police say Gombo had gone to the bar with friends Saturday night and was dropped off around 2:30 Sunday morning. It’s believed the doors and windows were locked and he didn’t have keys to get inside. He apparently tried knocking to see if his sister would let him in. “It wasn’t like ‘help’ or ‘hey, man, come over here,’ it was like ‘hey,'” said neighbor Marco Magano. Magano said he heard someone yelling outside around the time Gombo was dropped off, so he got out of bed to investigate. “I didn’t hear anything anymore so I thought everything was fine. I just closed the back door and went back to sleep,” Magano said. Another neighbor found Gombo’s body the next morning. Footprints were found around the home, and smeared blood was found on doors. Some of Gombo’s clothing was also found in the yard. In stages of hypothermia, a person will begin taking off clothing, police said. Police said it’s a sad reminder of just how dangerous the cold can be. With extreme conditions expected the next few days, they say now is a good time to do welfare checks on family, friends and neighbors. That’s exactly what neighbor David Eliason plans to do. “For me, it’s about covering every square inch of skin so you don’t have anything exposed at all. Cover everything up when you can,” said Eliason. “It’s amazing how fast it can turn from fun to dangerous. I think people underestimate that a lot.”<doc-sep>
The 22 year old didn't have keys to get into his home. A man found dead outside a Rochester house this week likely died from exposure to the cold. Rochester police says that Ali Gombo, was found dead on Sunday morning outside his home at 917 4th Avenue NW. He had been out with friends on Saturday and had been dropped off at around 2:30 a.m., with the 22 year old wearing a hooded sweatshirt at the time. Neighbors heard loud voices around that time, with police later finding that Gombo didn't have the keys to the house, and would usually knock on the door or the window and his sister would let him in. According to KIMT, footsteps were found around the house, suggesting he was trying to get inside and also that he tried to alert a neighbor. Police also found smears of blood, suggesting he had fallen on more than one occasion. Gombo's clothes were found at the bottom of a decline at the rear of the house, with KAAL reporting that this is a sign of someone suffering from hypothermia. The investigation continues, with police looking into whether there were any other factors in Gombo's death. This explainer by LiveScience describes how people suffering from extreme hypothermia sometimes take their clothes off, known as "paradoxical undressing." It is believed to be linked to the body responding to the extreme cold by sending warm blood to the extremities, resulting in a "hot flash" that makes the sufferer – already confused and disoriented – feel like they're burning up.