Andrew Koppel

Andrew Koppel, son of journalist Ted Koppel was found dead in his apartment on Monday, May 31, 2010. The cause of death has not been determined.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1SpnM1ML6rcS9l52eq2rkKRsNkgD9G2FV380 A spokesperson for the New York City medical examiner said that although an autopsy was completed on May 31, the results of toxicology and other tissue tests would not be available for several weeks.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/ted-koppels-son-andrew-fo_n_595744.html

Koppel, who lived in Rockaway Park, Queens, was found dead in an apartment in Manahttan's Washington Heights section.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1SpnM1ML6rcS9l52eq2rkKRsNkgD9G2FV380 The apartment belongs to Belinda Caban, who is reportedly a friend of a man Koppel was drinking with before his death. The man, Russel Wimberly, stated that he had met Koppel earlier that evening when Koppel commented on his hat. Wimberly said, "He had a straw hat on, and I had one on, and he said, 'Nice hat, man.' We got to talking, and he started buying me drinks." According to Wimberly, Koppel had been drinking whiskey.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1SpnM1ML6rcS9l52eq2rkKRsNkgD9G2FV380

Wimberly and Caban allegedly called 911 when they found Koppel had gotten sick and appeared to not be breathing. They said they thought he was "sleeping it off."http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1SpnM1ML6rcS9l52eq2rkKRsNkgD9G2FV380

Koppel had been ordered to attend alcohol counseling and pay $1200 for hospital bills after being convicted of assaulting a Senate aide during an argument at an ATM in 1994. Koppel was 24 and attending Georgetown Law School at the time.http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aherns/ahnws199.htm