New information on the death of a 12-year old Greendale boy could emerge Thursday after a meeting between the Dearborn County Coroner and County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard.
An autopsy has been completed on the body of Cooper Rawat, but details weren't being released Wednesday.
Cooper was found dead early Tuesday morning by his mother and stepfather at the family home on Oakey Avenue.
Because the family didn't have a telephone, William Smith ran to a neighbor's house to call 911 at 8:50 a.m.
"We have a child in distress," Smith blurted out in a hurried voice. "I think he's passed away."
Smith added that Cooper wasn't feeling well Monday night before he went to bed and was unresponsive the next morning.
"What makes you think he might be dead?," the dispatcher asked.
"He's stiff and cold," was the reply.
Greendale Police investigators spent Tuesday and Wednesday interviewing family members, neighbors and and friends of the boy.
"Unbelievable," was how neighbor Dois Givan described Cooper's death. "It's very hard to fathom."
Givan recalled seeing him Sunday raking leaves with his mother and said he appeared to be fine.
"They were having a good time," she added.
She described Cooper as "all boy" – sometimes quiet and sometimes rambunctious – a especially when it came to skateboarding.
"From the time he was five or six he was out there making ramps and I thought this kid is going to get killed," Givan said. "He was so rough playing, but it didn't bother him. If he wrecked, he'd get up and go on. Never cried."
One of Cooper's friends told 9News he saw bruises on Cooper's body over the weekend.
Whether they're from skateboarding or play a more important role in the case remains to be seen.
The family, Givan said, was having a tough time financially after Cooper's mother and stepfather lost jobs at Seagram's.
She said they sold some antiques over the weekend to raise money.
Givan bought a table for $15 to help out. Cooper came by a short time later to return $5.00 saying the table was only priced at $10.00
She told him to keep the extra money.
Cooper began the school year as a sixth grader at Greendale Middle School in the Lawrenceburg Community School District, however, he left the district about a month ago to be home-schooled.
Nonetheless, grief counselors were at Greendale Middle School on Wednesday.
"It's a somber mood there," said Lawrenceburg Superintendent Karl Galey. "It is somewhat of a shock to the students and staff there for this loss."
Galey said the school district's sympathies go out to Cooper's family.
