CBA to Examine Jon R. Thogmartin, M.D. Medical Examiner for Pinellas and Pasco Counties,

Clearwater Bar Association ^ | July 26 2001 | CBA Mark S. Hamilton

[BellStar]

Scheduled speaker for the July 26 membership luncheon at the Harborview Center is Jon R. Thogmartin, M.D., District Medical Examiner for District 6, Pinellas and Pasco Counties, since December 2000. Dr. Thogmartin was born in Wellington, Texas, and received his doctorate in medicine in 1990 from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and his bachelor of science in biology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1986, magna cum laude.

Dr. Thogmartin was Associate Medical Examiner in Broward County and Dade County before becoming District 15 Medical Examiner in Palm Beach County in April 1999, a position he left in November 1999 to accept the position in Pinellas and Pasco. Licensed in both Florida and Texas, Mr. Thogmartin is also certified in Anatomic, Clinical and Forensic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology.

Jon Thogmartin has been honored by the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (1989), Phi Beta Kappa (1986), and Robert Stewart Hyer Society (1985). He also received the Silver Medal of Valor from the Metro-Dade Police Department in November 1996. Jon Thogmartin has been accepted as an expert in the field of Forensic Pathology in U.S. Federal Court and in the Circuit Courts of Dade, Broward, Palm Beach County and the State of Michigan. His major fields of interest are wound ballistics, firearms, infant deaths, child abuse, asphyxia, and forensic toxicology.

Thogmartin has also done his share of teaching. In Texas, beginning in 1984, he was a teaching assistant at Southern Methodist in the Department of Chemistry, and at the University of Health Science Center at San Antonio in the Departments of Cellular and Structural Biology and Pathology. More recently, in Miami, at the Dade County Medical Examiner Office and IACP Seminar, he taught a course on Strangulation and Other Compressions.

Jon Thogmartin has been published in the Journal of Forensic Science, American Journal for Medical Pathology, and Journal of Pediatrics, in addition to the Palm Beach Post and Medical Examiner Annual Report.

Please welcome Jon Thogmartin at our luncheon on July 26th! His presentation can't help but be fascinating! Reservations are required, and the luncheon is free to CBA members. Judges, law office staff and guests pay $15. Call CBA to reserve at 727-461-4869.

[BellStar]

Lawyer friendly since 2001.

[Diogenesis]

BREAKING: Factoid of the hour - Jon R. Thogmartin, M.D taught a course on "Strangulation and Other Compressions"

Jon R. Thogmartin, M.D. District Chief Medical Examiner, Pinellas County, FL

* According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, “The mission of the Medical Examiner’s
office is to fulfill the needs outlined in F.S. 406, to be of service to families of the deceased,
and local government agencies. In short, our mission is to determine the cause
and manner of death under certain circumstances.
This mission requires the utmost objectivity irrespective of personal beliefs or emotional attachment to the circumstances of any particular case.”
* Started the job in 2000.
* “His major fields of interest are wound ballistics, firearms, infant deaths,
child abuse, asphyxia, and forensic toxicology. ”

* “Thogmartin has also done his share of teaching. In Texas, beginning in 1984,
he was a teaching assistant at Southern Methodist in the Department of Chemistry,
and at the University of Health Science Center at San Antonio in the Departments of
Cellular and Structural Biology and Pathology. More recently, in Miami, at the
Dade County Medical Examiner Office and IACP Seminar,
he taught a course on Strangulation and Other Compressions.

Support Staff:
Noel Palma, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Examiner
Susan Ignacio, M.D., Associate Medical Examiner
Chris Wilson, M.D., Associate Medical Examiner
Daniel Schultz, M.D., Associate Medical Examiner
William A. Pellan, Director of Investigations
Reta Newman, M.A., Director of PCFL

[bluebeak]

The autopsy done already?! They don't want to find squat (including the coward governor). It's a quick hand washing.!

[Diogenesis]

Pinellas County Medical Examiner:
"Wow!!! This was so easy and quick. I kept Dr. Cyril H. Wecht away from the post
and simply used Terri's official Pinellas County Autopsy report
which Judge Greer gave me last week.
Let me assure you that Judge Greer's report
which was written BEFORE he began shredding the records
says absolutely positively nothing about abuse.
Everything was normal. AOK. Honest."

[mewzilla]

A Jon R. Thogmartin is mentioned on this PDF link. If it is the same guy, was/is he moonlighting? If so, is that allowed? And if it is the same guy, what's the deal with the PA/MD company? The Schiavos hail from PA, don't they?

FWIW.

[MizSterious]

Once MS agreed to have the autopsy done, I figured the ME was in his pocket. It appears I wasn't wrong.

[Eccl 10:2]

"A Jon R. Thogmartin is mentioned on this PDF link. If it is the same guy, was/is he moonlighting? If so, is that allowed? And if it is the same guy, what's the deal with the PA/MD company? The Schiavos hail from PA, don't they?"

Wow! Follow the money, baby, follow the money.

The conflicts of interest in this sad episode are piling up and, IMHO, making a pretty big stink.

This could fit in with who sat on the board of that hospice (Felos, the sherriff Rice, other players).

Keep digging, baby. This thing's gonna blow open, big time.

[Maria S]

"Once MS agreed to have the autopsy done, I figured the ME was in his pocket. It appears I wasn't wrong."

MS had no choice in the autopsy; it's the law in Florida if a body is to be cremated. Felos just used the "Michael agreed to..." spin to make his client seem less evil. OTOH...the ME probably IS in the pockets of MS and Felos.

[YOUGOTIT]

Looks as though it was a conspiracy all along.

[Orlando]

This case needs to be investigated by the FBI & U.S.Atty General long ago. Get this out of Pinellas County. Jeb Bush why do you let this happen ?

[Diogenesis]

2005 - FBI finally looks and finds explosives in Nichol's house

2030 - FBI gives up on Whitey Bulger [murderer working in Boston and other states for the FBI, found leaving dead bodies everywhere]

3050 - FBI admits "Judge" Greer was not a judge and murdered Terri Shindler Shiavo. Millions of complaints and half a ton of evidence finally found behind a water-cooler.

[Ticonderoga34]

This case needs to be investigated by the FBI & U.S.Atty General long ago. Get this out of Pinellas County. Jeb Bush why do you let this happen ?

Hasn't Tom Delay said that there will be a congressional investigation? If so, we should try to use public opinion to make sure that investigation takes place.

I'm not ready to let this issue go, there's just too many unanswered questions.

[BellStar]

"taught a course on Strangulation and Other Compressions."

[Shisan]

OK friends, did I miss the point? Why are we jumping on Thogmartin even before the report is out? He seems to have excellent creds for a Forensic Pathologist.
And also, what do y'all expect from an autopsy report? This isn't Star Trek.

[BellStar]

I am not "taught a course on Strangulation and Other Compressions" gave me a lot of hope.

[BellStar]

Good Texas Conection.

[BellStar]

Good Texas Conection.

[cyn]

I agree.

This isn't CSI, either. It will take time, even though the autopsy itself is done. To which I say, take as much time as you all need there to do a good thorough job.

If michael was SO desirous of proving that Terri was PVS, why wasn't a PET scan done, at least?

lol, I heard Dr. Baden say "It will be interesting now to know if she was PVS..." Yeah, like that helps her now that she's irrevocably, irretrievably, most sincerely dead.

[Graymatter]

What I expect from this autopsy report is that it will indicate the pathologist did not even look for evidence of strangulation.

[bluebeak]

Terri Schiavo dies ... and Jeb Bush hides

... this autopsy is a quick hand washing for all parties involve (they don't want to find squat).