[Jamestown1630]

Exactly. If it does go to trial, who knows what the evidence may show? Neighborhood People tend to know a lot of stuff.

But I ask you again - should a situation like this not be investigated at all?

(Unless, in your first post - where you stated that ‘no crime was committed’ - you were simply making a poorly thought-out ideological point, and I’ve forced you to continue to substantiate it....:-)

[Gay State Conservative]

I have a background in emergency medicine (as an administrator).While this might not be true in all states a death of this sort must,under Massachusetts law,be referred to the State Medical Examiner.Having called the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office many times I still remember the phone number (617) 267-6767.

In Massachusetts the ME has the authority to "accept",or decline,all cases referred to his office.I'd be willing to bet that that's true in all states.

In cases that the ME accepts the cause of death is either ruled "natural causes","accidental","suicide", "undetrmined" or "homicide".

Obviously a prosecutor is gonna act on "homicide" cases and may,or may not,act on an "undetermined" case.

So should it be investigated at all? It depends at least partially on the ME's ruling.And given that there's no evidence (that I've seen) to indicate homicide the ruling is likely to be "accidental".