That’s what I was looking for. The photo.
I stand corrected on my previous post about getting wheeled out uncovered.
Quickly looking over some other coverage indicates that he was not pronounced until he was at the hospital. They transported saying ‘cardiac arrest’, which could have been a result of strangulation I suppose.
I’m going with ‘most likely’ for at least a little while.
Someone elsewhere pointed out that in one of the photos of JE being wheeled out, his hands were on top of his body, but his arm was outside the rail.
So what was holding his hand up? If he was dead, either his elbow/arm should have been on the gurney or else his arm should have been hanging down outside the gurney.
I’m not an expert in rigor mortis, but my understanding is that it doesn’t kick in for a few hours. So if I’m right about that, that is not a possible explanation, either.