Sunday's death of an 18-year-old Sammamish teen at a Richland hotel was ruled a suicide by the Benton County Coroner's Office.
Kirk H. Allen had been in the Tri-Cities for about a month when he was found dead.
Coroner John Hansens said Allen bled to death from a self-inflicted neck wound.


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