JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio -- Police are investigating after a 15-year-old Dillonvale boy was found unresponsive in his home and died.

Police were called to the home on Smithfield Street around noon Sunday. Investigators said the boy was pronounced dead at East Ohio Regional Hospital.

Police said the boy's family wasn't home at the time, but he wasn't alone. Police are investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a role.

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