That having been said, I'd think a rigged autopsy followed by burial would be better for cover-up purposes than a rigged autopsy followed by cremation. After all, whoever does the autopsy could 'create' whatever cause of death was needed and any future autopsy would find the same thing.
The rest of the "contributory causes" will be the original injury (anoxic cortical atrophy) due to (cardiac arrest) contributed to by (hypokalemia( and on and on with bulemia, maybe the fall, maybe a calcium lack, causing the fractures, heck, they might even work osteoporosis into it, citing bulemia.
One thing for sure, there is going to be NO mention of any foul play involved. MS is going to look like an angel in this whole thing. That being said, I have spent this whole agonizing period trying to be objective (that's hard) and think logically about "what happened", and I keep coming back to the "crime scene" scenario. My big question is that nobody knows, or is talking about, or has really investigated just what the heck happened in that house prior to the 8AM 911 call. All that remains is hearsay, and the Paramedic report. There is no timeline, and no proof, and no way, of obtaining, after all these years, any evidence about what really happened.
Dis MS "just hear a "thud"? If so, there is a whole lot of missing time unaccounted for for this severe anoxia.. IF he was the "caring, loving husband", he would have made a 922 call and been trying one-person CPR at the same time.
So, speculating here, we have a long period of time with an anoxic brain, not just hypoxic, the circulation had stopped, and no O2 was getting to the brain.
I just can't figure out why the local LEO's weren't on this as suspected abuse from day 1. There sure seems to be enough people who made claims that abuse was occurring. NOw, I realize this was in '90, and there wasn't the same instant domestic violence arrest statutes that are on the books today, but I am rather astounded that no red flags went up.. The years of obfuscation and stonewalling are NOT the actions of an innocent person, but then, that is just IMHO, and everyone's opinion may vary.
That being said, I still think that a crime was committed, that crime being Murder (although, if MS or whoever were finally charged, it probably would be knocked down to manslaughter). and in a perfect world, a whole bunch of people would be charged as accessories after the fact.
Of course, I don't have all the facts, or all the documents, or notes, over all these 15 years, so my hypothesis is necessarily flawed. I just don't want to work on emotions, but provable data. My Religious beliefs, and my Moral Beliefs, are one thing, but to prove a crime, one can't go by those alone. It sure would be nice for them to be admissible, but they aren't....It's hard to separate one from the other, though. I have a real problem doing so!
Greg