Toxicology tests confirmed that a panhandler found dead in his car outside a Yakima fast food restaurant died of a drug overdose.

County coroner Jack Hawkins said 56-year-old Douglas D. Budd had high levels of cocaine and heroin in his system.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports (http://bit.ly/YEihQX) Budd was found dead on New Year's Day with $1,700 in cash and a half-pound of heroin in his car. Police said he had a hypodermic needle in his arm.

He was known as a frequent panhandler at a busy Yakima intersection.

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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakimaherald.com