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Findings in Berezovsky's autopsy due out

LONDON, March 25 (UPI) -- British police say they are waiting for results of an autopsy on exiled Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky as they keep looking into his mysterious death.

The 66-year-old oligarch was found dead at his home west of London Saturday afternoon by a bodyguard who had not seen him since Friday night, The Guardian reported.

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The findings of an autopsy conducted by a Home Office pathologist were due to be released later Monday or Tuesday.

Berezovsky's body was found in a locked bathroom. Family and friends have said he was fully clothed. There was no blood, but a scarf was found at the scene.

He had reportedly suffered with depression for several months. He lost a court suit last year to his former business partner, Roman Abramovich, and had mounting debts.

There is no evidence of a third person involved his death, police say.

Thames Valley police say they are "building a picture of the last days" of Berezovsky's life.

Ilya Zhegulyov, a Russian journalist who interviewed Berezovsky the day before he died, said he looked "very depressed and very lost."

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He was the third businessman from the former USSR to die in the affluent area of southwest England in the past five years.

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