autopsy
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‘An Avid Swimmer Doesn’t Drown Himself’: Jelani Day’s Family Disagrees With Coroner’s Report That Says He Drowned
Day’s mother, Carmen Bolden Day, says that her son never would have gone into those woods where his car and belongings were found.
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Family of Black Woman Found Dead Inside a Police Van in Alabama Refuses to Accept Autopsy Results
The coroner said there are no signs of foul play, but Christina Nance's family doesn't believe that.
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FBI Requests a New Look at Ronald Greene’s Autopsy Following Release of Graphic Body Camera Footage
The circumstances surrounding Greene's 2019 death were initially shrouded in mystery.
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Janet Irvin Arrested in Case of Quawan Charles, 15-Year-Old Whose Body Was Found in Louisiana Sugar Cane Field
A woman who reportedly was one of the last people to be seen with Quawan “Bobby” Charles, a Black teen who was found dead in a ditch near a sugar cane field in Loreauville, La., has been arrested in relation to the disturbing case. According to KLFY News, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office announced on…
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Independent Autopsy Rules George Floyd’s Death a Homicide
An independent autopsy ordered by the family of George Floyd finds the 46-year-old man was killed by “homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain.” The early findings from the exam were released Monday afternoon by Floyd family attorney Ben Crump. Dr.…
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Former New York City Medical Examiner Believes Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide’
The circumstances under which financier Jeffrey Epstein died raised more than a few eyebrows, and now a forensic pathologist hired by his family has lent credence to everyone’s suspicions. From the New York Times: A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother disputed the official finding in the autopsy of his death, claiming on Wednesday…
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Autopsy Findings of Fatally Beaten NYC 6-Year-Old Released
Autopsy results for Zymere Perkins, 6, who died after being physically abused, have been released, the New York Post reports. On Sept. 26, Zymere was beaten with a broomstick in his Harlem apartment. Apparently he was beaten for defecating in a bucket. “The cause of death is fatal child-abuse syndrome,” said Julie Bolcer, spokeswoman for…
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Independent Autopsy Shows Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot in Back and Abdomen
The family of a black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month released details from an independent autopsy showing that the victim suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, attorneys for the family of Keith Lamont Scott said in a…
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NYC Man Tried to Hail Cab After Being Beaten but Was Rejected, Later Dies
Willy Montilla, 41, was knocked unconscious and later died after being punched three times in the chest by a man Monday morning in the Bronx, N.Y., the New York Daily News reports. At about 9:45 a.m. in the Parkchester section of the New York City borough, Montilla was attacked by a man who hit him…