The U.S. State Department said "foul play" was not suspected after an attache at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv was found dead in a hotel room in the capital. Reacting to Ukrainian media reports about the discovery of the body, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said late on June 26 that "it is our understanding that he died of natural causes, and there's no sign of foul play." The media outlet Strana UA, which first reported the discovery of the body, quoted a source at the embassy as saying the attache suffered from "high cholesterol."
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