Medical Examiner’s Office release probable cause of death of Muskogee teacher | News [Video]

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released the probable cause of death of 46-year-old Muskogee teacher Amanda Harms who was found dead in January after being reported missing.

Harms’ manner of death was ruled an accident and the probable cause of death was alcohol and alprazolam intoxication complicated by hypothermia. Xanax is the common brand name for alprazolam.

The Medical Examiner’s Office said their was no evidence of lethal trauma.

The preliminary report, received by Muskogee Police through a phone call from the Medical Examiner’s Office in January, said no lethal trauma or sexual assault trauma were detected. Abrasions and scratches on her face, legs and arms were consistent with where and how her body was found.

Police said Harms was found in someone’s backyard by the fence near North 6th Street and West Martin Luther King Street in Muskogee.

Harms went missing on Jan. …