I too was disappointed and confused by the announcement that there wouldn’t be an autopsy. I would have thought the federal government, at least, would have required one. My only thought was they already knew what his cause of death was from the tests done after his arrival back in the states.
In the case of death row inmate executions we perform autopsies, even though the cause of death is obvious. Perhaps tests done while Mr. Warmbier was alive clearly determined cause. But we don’t know and will we ever?