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Michael Schiavo’s Autopsy “Request”
Various news outlets are reporting on Michael Schiavo’s request of an autopsy on Terri’s body.
What it seems they have missed is that when a body is to be cremated, an autospy is required.
I had posted much more extensively on this, but it got lost in technical glitches, but the bottom line is that the mission statement of the medical examiner is to determine cause of death - and I don’t think it takes a lot of digging to figure that one out if Terri dies from starvation.
The real questions surround whether they will do bone scans and other tests for signs of past abuse or trauma. If not, then the whole autopsy thing is a sham.
“Claims have been made by, I guess, opponents of carrying out her wishes that there was some motive behind the cremation of Mrs. Schiavo [and] we felt it was necessary to make [the autopsy] announcement today,” attorney George Felos told reporters on Monday.
They HAVE to do the autopsy. It is the law (see 406.11 (1) (c)). Why would they say this like they are making some sort of generous effort?
More.
Asked whether the autopsy would include a body scan to check for broken bones, Felos said he did not know.
“We assume and are confident that [Pinellas County Medical Examiner Jon Thogmartin] will do an excellent, appropriate job,” he said.
A March 1991 bone scan performed on Mrs. Schiavo showed evidence of “compression fractures” to her back, ribs, legs and ankles. Prior to being found unconscious in her St. Petersburg apartment the year before, Schiavo had not broken any bones, her friends say.
UPDATE: Looks like others are picking this up.
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