Following the change in the autopsy report, we asked if the ARDS diagnosis was unusual. ME spokesman Ray Blakeney told the Oklahoma Constitution that there had been another case, also in 1997. On June 8, 1997, Maxwell Dennis Hames, 41, died under nearly identical circumstances.
The headline for the story in the June 11, 1997 edition of the Daily Oklahoman read, Unkown Illness Kills City Officer. The case was referred to the ME. Hames was a Technical Investigator for the Oklahoma City Police Department who received a Special Recognition Certificate for his work at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building following the bombing. The ME listed the "Cause of Death" as "ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA WITH HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE." The "Manner of Death" was listed as "UNKOWN."
Miller's death is a mystery four years later. The medical examiner's office speculated that it might be a case of the rare Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The office could identify only one other possible case -- on June 8, 1997, Maxwell Dennis Hames, 41, died under nearly identical circumstances, the office said.
Hames was a technical investigator for the Oklahoma City Police Department who received -- sit down for this one -- special recognition for his work on the Alfred P. Murrah bombing case.
these guys were on it early.
iirc, I believe there was a thread that discussed hames, miller, and russell welch all experienced similar symptoms.
anthrax before anthrax was cool?