Ayahuasca rite barista killed by blows to head says autopsy

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 6 - A 25-year-old Venetian barista found dead on a river Piave island on July 2 was killed by one or more blow to the head after taking part in an Amazonian spiritual shamanistic rite featuring the consumption of the powerful psychedelic ayahuasca, whose use is becoming increasingly popular among hipsters worldwide, an autopsy said Friday.
    Alex Marangon, from Marcon near Venice, was initially thought to have drowned in the Piave, or to have succumbed to a drug overdose.
    The autopsy found that the body of the young man, who had taken ayahuasca before, presented "numerous wounds to the head, caused in all likelihood by a blunt object". (ANSA).