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Medical Examiner Attacked, Tied to Bomb Outside Office [Memphis, again!]
The Commercial Appeal ^ | June 2, 2002 | Yolanda Jones


Posted on 06/02/2002 1:46 PM CDT by willieroe


An unknown assailant attacked the Shelby County medical examiner late Saturday, wrapping him with barbed wire and strapping a bomb to his chest before leaving him in a stairwell outside his downtown Memphis office.


Dr. O. C. Smith received minor injuries from the attack that included chemical burns. His attacker threw an acid type substance on Smith's face as he left work at 1060 Madison around 10 p.m.


Smith was found by a security guard shortly after midnight.


This is the second time in the last three months an explosive device or bomb has been found at the Shelby County Regional Forensic Center, which houses the morgue and Smith's office.

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Dr. O. C. Smith was still working on the autopsy for Katherine Smith when the attack occurred in June. She was burned alive with gasoline in February in one of the defendant's cars(Odtlah). In June Dr. Smith had not determined if it was suicide or homicide.

The entire Memphis driver's license case combined with the FBI Headquarter's refusal to allow the Minneapolis field office to look at the Moussaoui laptop prior to 9-11 has some very disturbing implications.