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The state forensic laboratory said Friday that it failed to determine the cause of death for Yoo Byung-eun, a billionaire businessman blamed for April’s ferry disaster.

“We could not conclude the cause of his death since the body was badly decomposed,” said Seo Joong-seok, the head of the National Forensic Service (NFS), as he announced the results of a three-day autopsy.

Seo, however, confirmed that the corpse was that of the sunken ferry owner Yoo.

A farmer found the body of the 73-year-old shipping tycoon on a remote hill in the southern part of the country on June 12. His body was severely decomposed to a point that police jumped to a conclusion that it was the body of a homeless man.

Meanwhile, the NFS confirmed that it found “no trace of murder,” adding that no poisonous contents were discovered in the liquor bottles found near his body.