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Medical examiner: Mia Farrow’s son Thaddeus killed himself

ROXBURY, Conn.

The 27-year-old, paraplegic son of actress Mia Farrow fatally shot himself in the torso before being found in his vehicle along a Connecticut road, the state medical examiner’s office ruled Thursday.

Thaddeus Wilk Farrow was found seriously wounded in his vehicle in Roxbury on Wednesday, about 8 miles from his mother’s home in neighboring Bridgewater. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

The medical examiner’s office determined the cause of death was suicide during an autopsy. State police had said there was no criminal element to the death.

Mia Farrow wrote in a Twitter posting Thursday that her family is devastated by Thaddeus’ death.

“He was a wonderful, courageous person who overcame so much hardship in his short life,” she wrote.

Associated Press