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GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Michigan State Police were brought in to investigate a death at a home in the 300 block of Kercheval at 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, after an unconscious man was reported to Farms public safety by family members and the officers arrived to find the individual deceased.

The 55-year-old Farms man was a witness in the 2010 death of JoAnn Matouk-Romain, which the Farms department ruled a suicide, while family members insist it was murder.

Detectives from the Special Investigation Section of the Michigan State Police were asked to conduct the death investigation by the Farms Department of Public Safety due to a conflict of interest, according to a tweet by MSP Metro Detroit.

“Detectives have completed their investigation of the scene and are awaiting results from the medical examiner,” the tweet read. “At this time there are no signs of foul play.”

The investigation is ongoing.