And I presume this comes from the same source that says that "Terri never looked so beautiful'?
Huh? I'm saying this from personal experience. In any case in which there is no attending physician an autopsy is required by law to determine cause of death. Trouble in this case is that the attending is probably in on the scam.
All I was saying is that there isn't one kind of autopsy for one type of case, another for another. There isn't any sort of "autopsy light" where they just visually inspect or whatever. If there is an autopsy, there is a medically accepted standard protocol that is followed.
I should say that there may be some really screwed up labs and Medical Examiner's Offices that take short cuts, but that is very bad news and leaves them open to all kinds of legal and liability sanctions.