Police identify man found dead near Shane Park

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, September 14, 2011

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police have identified a man who was found dead near Shane Park on Monday morning as Michael D. Kriener, 20, of Port Angeles.

Deputy Chief of Police Brian Smith said an autopsy was completed Tuesday.

“No official determination of cause of death was made by the medical examiner,” Smith said.

Smith said there is no indication of foul play, but police aren’t ruling anything out.

A toxicology sample was sent to a State Patrol crime lab for further investigation, Smith said.

Kriener’s body was discovered on a wooded private lot on the 1400 block of West Eighth Street near the Port Angeles park at about 7:45 a.m.