FRISCO, TEXAS – Former Gophers running back Marion Barber III died of heat stroke, police said Monday.
In a statement, Frisco police said the Collin County medical examiner had ruled Barber's death an accident. A police spokesman provided no further elaboration on the circumstances of the 38-year-old's death, and the medical examiner's office did not immediately respond to a message from the Associated Press.
Police making a welfare check on June 1 found Barber dead at a Frisco apartment that he was believed to have been leasing.
According to USA Today and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the autopsy report said that a bathtub faucet in Barber's apartment was running when officers arrived and the thermostat was set to 91 degrees with the heat turned on.