autopsy – News Stories About autopsy - Page 4

Zimmerman Team Can Now Talk About Trayvon's Pot Use

Jul 8, 2013 6:18 PM CDT

Zimmerman Team Scores a Win

Judge reverses decision, attorneys can now discuss Trayvon's pot use

(Newser) - George Zimmerman's defense attorneys will now be allowed to tell the jury about a toxicology report showing that Trayvon Martin had THC in his body when he died. The judge had previously ruled that his lawyers couldn't talk about the traces of marijuana found during the autopsy. But...

Coroner: Lottery Winner Murdered With Cyanide

Mar 1, 2013 3:43 PM CST

Coroner: Lottery Winner Murdered With Cyanide

Urooj Khan's death officially ruled a homicide, but no no clues emerge

(Newser) - It's official: Urooj Khan didn't die of natural causes. Cook County Medical Examiner Stephen Cina today ruled the lottery winner's death a homicide, saying he'd died of cyanide toxicity and confirming his initial diagnosis in January, CNN reports. But because there's no cyanide left in...

No Signs of Brain Damage in Lanza: Medical Examiner

Jan 11, 2013 9:35 AM CST

No Signs of Brain Damage in Lanza: Medical Examiner

Official cautions against expecting answers

(Newser) - Don't hold your breath, is basically the advice of Connecticut's chief medical examiner to anyone expecting science to provide insight into the mind of Adam Lanza. Toxicology and genetic testing is ongoing, but the autopsy H. Wayne Carver II conducted found no "gross deformity" or tumors in...

Autopsy: No Drugs, Alcohol in Junior Seau's System

Aug 21, 2012 2:22 AM CDT

Autopsy: No Drugs, Alcohol in Junior Seau's System

NFL star was sober when he killed himself

(Newser) - NFL star Junior Seau had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system when he committed suicide earlier this year , according to an autopsy report obtained by TMZ . Medical examiners found traces of the sleeping aid Ambien, but only in amounts "consistent with therapeutic use," the report states....

Arafat Will Be
Exhumed,
Autopsied

Jul 9, 2012 11:54 AM CDT

Arafat Will Be Exhumed, Autopsied

'We are on the way,' says aide

(Newser) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has given his permission for the exhumation of the remains of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, a top aide said days after a Swiss institute reported finding elevated traces of a radioactive substance on the late leader's belongings. The findings were inconclusive, but revived speculation that...

Autopsy: Trayvon Shot
From 'Intermediate Range'

May 17, 2012 5:00 AM CDT

Autopsy: Trayvon Shot From 'Intermediate Range'

Only other wound was abrasion below knuckle

(Newser) - Trayvon Martin was killed by a single gunshot fired from an "intermediate range"—evidence suggests just inches away from the skin—according to an autopsy report reviewed by NBC . George Zimmerman has told investigators that he fired the shot while he was on his back as the teen...

Rebecca Nalepa Exhumed for Second Autopsy

CEO's Lover
Exhumed for
2nd Autopsy

Oct 28, 2011 9:57 AM CDT

CEO's Lover Exhumed for 2nd Autopsy

Dr. Phil to air results of Rebecca Nalepa examination

(Newser) - The body of a woman found naked, bound, and hanged in a San Diego mansion earlier this year has been exhumed for a second autopsy at her family's request. Rebecca Nalepa's death was ruled a suicide, but her family has rejected that finding, pointing to details of the...

Gadhafi Died of
Shot to Head:
Autopsy

Oct 23, 2011 8:32 AM CDT

Gadhafi Died of Shot to Head: Autopsy

Pathologist will release full report to attorney general

(Newser) - Little surprise here, but an autopsy has concluded that Moammar Gadhafi died of a gunshot to the head. The report was conducted today by Libya's chief pathologist amid international concern over the circumstances of the strongman's death, in light of widespread images of a bloodied but alive Gadhafi...

Autopsy Can't
Find Cause
of Death
in NH Case

Aug 2, 2011 7:39 PM CDT

Autopsy Can't Find Cause of Death in NH Case

Officials will keep investigating Celina Cass case

(Newser) - An autopsy conducted on the body of 11-year-old girl Celina Cass was unable to determine how she died, authorities said today. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young said further study is required. Celina's death has been deemed suspicious, based on what divers found when they pulled her body from...

Autopsy: Chilean
Leader Allende
Died of Suicide

Jul 20, 2011 2:20 PM CDT

Autopsy: Chilean Leader Allende Died of Suicide

New findings put to rest 37-year debate

(Newser) - After 37 years, a new autopsy has confirmed that former Chilean president Salvador Allende killed himself with an assault rifle, and was not murdered by troops storming the presidential palace as leftists like Fidel Castro claimed. Forensic analysis showed that his head injuries were inflicted by a single AK-47 and...

Macho Man Savage Was
Dead Before Car Crash

Jul 1, 2011 11:22 AM CDT

Macho Man Savage Was Dead Before Car Crash

Autopsy reveals heart disease killed him

(Newser) - The autopsy results are in for Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and they confirm that he was done in by heart disease, not his car accident. The 58-year-old pro wrestling icon had an enlarged heart and severe blockage of his arteries, reports the Tampa Tribune . The injuries from the crash...

Autopsy Planned
in Bonnaroo Death

Jun 11, 2011 9:41 AM CDT

Autopsy Planned in Bonnaroo Death

32-year-old Pennsylvania woman found in her tent

(Newser) - Authorities don't know much more yet about the woman who died at the Bonnaroo music festival near Nashville this week. They have identified her as 32-year-old Beth Myers of Pittsburgh, according to the Tennessean . (Other services say she's from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.) Friends found her in her tent...

Discovery Cancels Show
on Michael Jackson's Autopsy

Dec 31, 2010 3:53 PM CST

Discovery Cancels Show on Michael Jackson's Autopsy

Fans, estate decried program as 'in shockingly bad taste'

(Newser) - The Discovery Channel has scrapped plans to air a reenactment of Michael Jackson's autopsy, Reuters reports. Michael Jackson's Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson had been scheduled to air internationally next month (though not in the US), but the network decided that with a court hearing on Dr. Conrad Murray's...

Prescription Drugs
Found in Dead
Surfer's Room

Nov 4, 2010 1:30 PM CDT

Prescription Drugs Found in Dead Surfer's Room

Friends say addiction not plausible

(Newser) - Speculation is swirling around the death of surfing great Andy Irons after police found a variety of prescription drugs in his Dallas hotel room. Police reports indicate that Irons had generic versions of Ambien and Xanax, and the county medical examiner told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that one of the bottles...

James Brown's Body
'Disappeared'

showbiz mystery dept

Mar 12, 2010 10:53 AM CST

James Brown's Body 'Disappeared'

LaRhonda wants autopsy on Godfather of Soul

(Newser) - Today in the “bizarre showbiz mysteries” department: James Brown’s illegitimate daughter claims his body has gone missing. The Godfather of Soul, who died in 2006 of—supposedly—a heart attack, was put in a temporary crypt at daughter Deanna’s home while his final resting place was being...

Wig, Tattoos,
Weight Bared
in Jackson
Autopsy Report

Feb 10, 2010 2:55 AM CST

Wig, Tattoos, Weight Bared in Jackson Autopsy Report

Singer had skin disease, facial tattoos

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's hairline and eye makeup were tattooed into his body and he weighed 136 pounds when he died of "acute propofol intoxication," according to his just released autopsy report. The singer was killed by a level of the drug usually only seen in major surgery, CNN reports....

Brittany Murphy
Autopsy: Cause
of Death
'Deferred'

Dec 21, 2009 6:27 PM CST

Brittany Murphy Autopsy: Cause of Death 'Deferred'

Final report must await toxicology test results

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy's autopsy is complete, but the LA county coroner's office won't determine an official cause of death until after the completion of toxicology tests, which could take as long as 2 months. The 32-year-old actress, who died yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest, was bleeding internally before her death, a...

Brittany Murphy
Died of Natural
Causes: Coroner

Dec 20, 2009 10:46 PM CST

Brittany Murphy Died of Natural Causes: Coroner

Autopsy could take place as soon as Monday

(Newser) - The circumstances of Brittany Murphy's death involved no indications of foul play or trauma, and the 32-year-old apparently died of natural causes, the LA county coroner's office tells CNN . Complete postmortem test results could take as long as 8 weeks, but an autopsy will take place as soon as tomorrow,...

Autopsy: Madoff Buddy Died of Natural Causes

Oct 26, 2009 12:52 PM CDT

Autopsy: Madoff Buddy Died of Natural Causes

Jeffry Picower, 67, had a heart attack, then drowned in pool

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s pal Jeffry Picower drowned following a massive heart attack, a medical examiner announced today. Toxicology reports won’t be in for another 10 weeks, but for now the examiner says Picower sunk to the bottom of the pool following the heart attack. His body will be released...

3 Runners Drop Dead
in Detroit Marathon

Oct 19, 2009 7:21 AM CDT

3 Runners Drop Dead in Detroit Marathon

Autopsies today will probe deaths of three men

(Newser) - Michigan authorities will conduct autopsies today on three men who died within a 16-minute span during yesterday's Detroit marathon. Just after 9am, a 36-year-old collapsed on the course after 11 miles, and a few minutes later a 65-year-old longtime runner dropped to the ground near the same spot. At the...