I don’t think he was murdered. He was 79, had health issues and had been to doctors fairly recently.
But the no autopsy thing is extremely odd.
They always do an autopsy when someone dies who is not under a doctor’s care.
At least that’s what I thought.
They always do an autopsy when someone dies who is not under a doctor’s care.
Unattended deaths require autopsies.
I agree with you until it said the Judge talked to Scalia’s personal doctor and the Scalia had an MRI last week.
I have had several MRIs in the past year. My mom has too. And she has the same Government Top Shelf Medical Care that these guys have. They do not “just order” MRIs.
They were looking for something. My off the cuff guess is that they were looking at the arteries of the kidneys and lungs (pretty standard work for an MRI with contrast.) They do that for old men with diabetes, heart disease, and arterial issues.
Interestingly, one of the things that can happen with the contrast in those things is the “throwing of clots.” It is pretty common for really sick people. And really sick people dont always look sick.
Now we come back to this guy being a Supreme Court Justice.
If you are on the spot, and it is customary for these guys to declare dead people dead this way, they were not thinking it through. I am sure they were thinking of the wishes of the family and the lack of surprise from the Dr.
So they call in Acme Undertakers. Acme knows that they cannot send a body out of TX without it being embalmed. That is a common thing. (My grandmother died in her sleep in her apartment in Vernon VT. Literally within site of the MA Line. My uncle put her in her wheel chair and pushed her across the lawn, and called the local cops. She “died” in MA so the undertaker did not have to go through the intrastate embalming crap, and she could be cremated according to her wishes.)
I agree with you on the fact that they did not do a cursory look at the funeral parlor. That happens a lot with folks they find in the water and what not. Clearly dead. No need to rush it. But, its not a Columbo mystery either.
But, not matter how much people conspire and complain...its not going to make an iotas difference.