A man police initially suspected to be the third homicide victim of the year died of an overdose, according to a Solano County Coroner’s Office death investigation disclosed Monday.
On Feb. 22, Vallejo police found 37-year-old Phillip Boursiquot unconscious with a “large amount” of blood on the left side of his face at the Wardlaw Dog Park in northeast Vallejo, according to a death investigation report by Solano County Deputy Coroner Anthony Miller. The agency released the report, along with Boursiquot’s autopsy, in response to a public records request filed by this newsroom on March 3.
Boursiquot was partially out the driver’s side door of a gray Ford Mustang, and had a laceration above his left eyebrow, according to the report. First responders also found what appeared to be a small sandwich bag of methamphetamine on the floorboard of the driver’s side, with some of the substance found on Boursiquot’s face and pants. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:35 a.m.
First responders were concerned “that the decedent may have been shot and the bullet did not exit,” Miller wrote in his report. Upon arriving at the morgue, Miller took X-rays of Boursiquot’s body but did not find any projectiles or skull fractures. Nor did an autopsy show signs of traumatic injury or a struggle.
Boursiquot’s toxicology results reached Miller at around 10 a.m. on March 27. Four days later, forensic pathologist Dr. Arnold Josselson ruled that Boursiquot died of acute methamphetamine and alcohol intoxication. Boursiquot likely sustained the head wound when he collapsed, the investigation found.
Vallejo police spokesperson Sgt. Rashad Hollis declined to comment on the case at the time, deferring to the coroner’s investigation. He was not immediately available for comment for this article.
