Posted on 09/27/2017 7:51:12 PM PDT by Ennis85
The coroner who examined Otto Warmbier's body has said there is no clear indication he had been tortured during his detention in North Korea. The comments contradict statements made by the US student's parents in a TV interview with Fox on Tuesday. They said North Korea had "systematically tortured" their son after he was jailed for stealing a sign during a holiday in Pyongyang in 2016. The Ohio county coroner said he had died from lack of oxygen to the brain. "We don't know what happened to him and that's the bottom line," Dr Lakshmi Sammarco said in a news conference on Wednesday. Otto Warmbier died in June shortly after being released by North Korea on medical grounds. He arrived home in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness". North Korea said he contracted botulism shortly after being sentenced, but US doctors have disputed this.
In their interview with Fox and Friends, Fred and Cindy Warmbier said when they first saw him on his return, their son was "jerking violently" and made "inhuman sounds".
They said his arms and legs were "totally deformed", he had a scar on his foot that had been an open wound for some time, and his bottom teeth looked "like someone had taken a pair of pliers" to them. "Otto was systematically tortured and intentionally injured by Kim and his regime," said Mr Warmbier. Dr Sammarco conducted an external examination and scans of Mr Warmbier's body - his parents refused a post-mortem. She said she was "surprised" by the Warmbier's statement.
"I felt very comfortable that there wasn't any evidence of trauma" to the teeth, she told reporters. There were only small scars on his body, including his foot. One of the scars could not be explained.
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Fake coroner. Anyone with common sense can tell this is torture.
No signs of what kind of torture?
Warmbier’s parents did not do autopsy when one was needed. They need to STFU and move on.
So, why is this young man dead?
My common sense says that since I haven’t seen the body I have no idea whether or not he was tortured.
He hung himself-God bless him-and they caught him in time.JMO
I guess a twenty something kid died of natural causes?
He was still alive when he was returned. He must have been admitted to a hospital almost immediately.
What do the medical records say?
With or without an autopsy, those records contain a ton of information. They would confirm if he was tortured.
Fake coroner.
Puts me in mind of what Reagan said when, after being shot, he asked the doctor and nurses if they were Democrats. I put nothing past Trump haters, regardless to their vocation. Coroners included.
Why would coroner lie?
Autopsies very frequently do not provide an answer as to cause of death. They help in making an educated guess, and sometimes give a definitive answer, but are often not definitive.
What a horrible, vile statement!
Where is your compassion?
That was my guess, he hung himself and they caught him before he died but not before he had severe brain damage from lack of oxygen.
“...he asked the doctor and nurses if they were Democrats.”
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Actually, President Reagan asked the doctor if he was a Republican.
The doctor replied, “Mr. President, today we are all Republicans.” (or words to that effect).
Did the family take video and photographs? And if not, why not?
God bless Him.I feel for the parents.Been there..
Why is he dead.He came back alive.In terrible shape but he was alive.His parents offed him.Give him the morfine and let him go to sleep.
What happened to Otto Warmbier? I have an idea. I was stupid enough to take a school trip to Russia and East Berlin during the Cold War. We followed MOST of the rules. Some of us got caught and damaged, some of us didn’t.
Otto Warmbier’s family: May he rest in peace. He did in his youthful curiosity what I did in mine. I would love to give you a hug.
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