A person discovered lifeless at Individuals’s Park in Berkeley on the afternoon of Nov. 4 was recognized as 31-year-old Tyler Cary, a former UC Davis Ph.D. pupil, the Alameda County coroner’s workplace mentioned.
Social staff patrolling the park seen Cary mendacity in a ripped tent at about 2 p.m. and referred to as the Berkeley Hearth Division, mentioned Sgt. Patrick O’Donnell with the Berkeley Police Division. Firefighters declared Cary lifeless on the scene, police mentioned.
“We went across the park and requested everybody what they noticed,” O’Donnell mentioned. “Some mentioned the final time they noticed him alive was midnight.”
The reason for loss of life has but to be confirmed, however O’Donnell mentioned foul play will not be suspected. “There have been some issues that pointed to a drug overdose,” he mentioned.
Cary was born in New Jersey and grew up in Marlboro, New York, a small city about 80 miles outdoors New York Metropolis, in accordance with an obituary posted on Legacy. He graduated from Marlboro Excessive College in 2009 and earned a bachelor’s diploma in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the obituary mentioned.
He attended UC Davis from fall 2013 by way of spring 2020, a college spokesperson advised SFGATE. Cary was awarded a grasp’s in physics in fall 2014 and was engaged on his doctorate.
“Tyler was an amazing pupil — hard-working, inventive, enjoyable,” UC Davis professor Richard Scalettar advised Berkeleyside.
File Picture: A bicycle owner rides previous Individuals’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., on March 29. Tyler Cary, who was discovered lifeless within the park on Nov. 4, acquired his grasp’s in physics from UC Davis in fall 2014 and was engaged on his doctorate when he left the college in 2020.
Eric Risberg/APCary struggled with habit and psychological well being points lately, his household mentioned within the obituary. After leaving Davis, Cary moved to Santa Cruz after which Berkeley, the place he usually camped at Individuals’s Park; household and associates made a number of makes an attempt to get Cary assist and produce him house, Berkeleyside reported.
Cary was not solely a scholar but additionally loved working, enjoying saxophone, happening household holidays and seeing stand-up comedy.
“Tyler’s heat smile and simple snigger will keep in our hearts perpetually,” his household mentioned within the obituary.
File Picture: A person hangs out at Individuals’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
MediaNews Group/East Bay Instances v/MediaNews Group by way of Getty PicturesTyler is survived by his dad and mom, two brothers and maternal and paternal grandparents, the obituary mentioned. “That is simply so heartbreaking,” a commenter wrote on Legacy. “Such a gorgeous boy, I’ll at all times bear in mind Tyler because the candy and savvy little boy…. Whether or not it was constructing intricate constructions with blocks or creating eventualities for he and his brothers to reenact throughout playtime. All the time a mom hen to his little brothers.”
