Heroin-injection paraphernalia was found with the body of Layne Staley, the singer of rock group Alice in Chains, police said Sunday. Authorities believe the 34-year-old lay dead in his apartment for two weeks until a relative discovered him, the AP reports.

“There was nothing suspicious about the death. It appears to be overdose or possibly a natural death,” Seattle Police spokesman Duane Fish said.

Although an autopsy was conducted on Saturday, the cause of death won’t be confirmed for weeks because toxin tests were being conducted, the King County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday, according to the AP.

Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, former Sound Garden member Chris Cornell, and about a hundred other friends held an informal candlelight vigil Saturday night at the Seattle Center.






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