Dr. Kiersten Cerveny, the Manhasset woman who was found dead on Oct. 4 in the lobby of an apartment building in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, died from “acute cocaine and alcohol intoxication,” according to the New York City Medical Examiner’s office.
The Medical Examiner’s office also ruled her death accidental, according to a Daily News report.
A police source told the Daily News on Oct. 5 that preliminary autopsy findings show that Cerveny, 38, a dermatologist who practiced at Prohealth Care Associates LLP at 2 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park, was not a homicide victim, but instead died of a cocaine overdose.
A law enforcement official told Newsday on Oct. 6 that further toxicology tests were needed to determine how much was in her system and whether there were other drugs present as well.
Cerveny was discovered “unconscious and unresponsive” around 8:30 a.m. in the vestibule of the building, located at West 16th Street near Seventh Avenue, according to published reports.
She was later pronounced dead at Lenox Health Greenwich Hospital.
Cerveny had reportedly gone out with friends earlier in the evening but later met with 51-year-old HBO producer, Marc Henry Johnson, who she had met online, and according to DNAInfo he is the man police have questioned about her death.
The two went to the 16th Street address, and the producer reportedly called 911 to notify authorities of Cerveny’s death before fleeing the scene toward Eighth Avenue.
Police have not charged Johnson in connection with Cerveny’s death.
A private funeral service was held two weeks ago for Cerveny, which was only attended by immediate family members, according to an obituary posted on the Fairchild Sons Inc. funeral home website.
A college fund will be established for Cerveny’s three children, according to the funeral home’s obituary.
