At http://www.google.com/url?q=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/30/local/la-me-0430-coroner-poisoning-20120430&sa=U&ei=UqaqT_qcI8eg2AWF8ZWmAg&ved=0CCIQtwIwBw&usg=AFQjCNExqpzy6sN3TWfLH0i2Jqyk19VSeA it says Cormier had earlier complained of pain and vomiting.
It also says that hospital staff alerted the police to the possibility of foul play. Since they sent experts to look for toxic substances at Cormier’s home, that suggests that the foul play that the doctors suspected was poisoning. Seems like arsenic poisoning has fingerprint symptoms including seizures. The pain and vomiting fits the symptom list for arsenic as well.
The article talks about accidental exposure. The medical article I posted earlier talks about arsenic occurring naturally and about there being effects from long-term exposure to arsenic. If there was arsenic naturally in Cormier’s home you’d expect those kinds of symptoms. But he experienced the symptoms of ACUTE arsenic poisoning, which would come from ingesting it or from inhaling a LOT of it.
Two new articles:
Police Debunk Theories Linking Breitbart, L.A. Coroner Tech Deaths
Police don’t yet know what killed L.A. autopsy technician Michael Cormier, but they tell Maria Elena Fernandez and Christine Pelisek that despite blogosphere conspiracy theorists, it had no connection to Andrew Breitbart’s death.
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The problem with the “suspicious” Cormier-Breitbart link, law-enforcement officials told The Daily Beast, is that Cormier “had nothing to do with the autopsy ... and wasn’t in the same room.”
“It had nothing to do with that,” LAPD homicide supervisor Det. Rich Wheeler said. “He had nothing to do with the autopsy or anything to do with the case ... That story is based on rumor and innuendo.”
LAPD hazardous materials officers have searched the one-bedroom home Cormier shared with his wife, Sharon, and interviewed his family and friends, but not because of Breitbart, law-enforcement officials said. Cormier was first hospitalized on April 18, complaining of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Doctors suspected he had a perforated bowel but released him anyway, though not before Cormier told them he thought someone had tried to poison him.
The following day, Cormier’s stomach pain continued, and he was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s, where he suffered three heart attacks, according to a law-enforcement source. When an initial toxicology test proved “questionable” and Cormier later died, the hospital notified the coroner’s office.
“We have information that could potentially include foul play,” LAPD Lt. Alan Hamilton said last week. “We are not ruling anything out.”
That includes natural causes. Sources told The Daily Beast that Cormier had a preexisting heart condition and had worn a heart monitor in the past. As Hamilton pointed out, it is also possible that Cormier accidentally poisoned himself.
Coroner’s office speaks on Breitbart mystery
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/coroners-office-speaks-on-breitbart-mystery/?cat_orig=us
“Mr. Cormier was not the attendant on Mr. Breitbart’s case, nor did he do any of the handling nor any of the investigation,” Winter told WND.
Winter says the chief medical examiner at the coroner’s office has put a security hold on the Cormier case, so he’s not at liberty to discuss specifics.
“It allows for law enforcement to complete our investigation, and so that nothing gets out until we make our determination,” he explained, noting holds are often used in officer-involved shootings, an in-custody death and high-profile cases.
“There’s been a lot of speculation in connection with the Breitbart case,” he admitted.
Winter says after he directly told one news agency – which he refused to name – that Cormier was “absolutely” not connected to the Breitbart case, that news agency actually reported the opposite, that he was involved.
“As soon as they did that, I had like 20 different agencies call up [to confirm that],” Winter said. “I spent half the day doing disclaimers [to stress], ‘No, I didn’t say that!’ Sometimes [the media] need to make a big sensational issue.”
Winter described Cormier, 61, as “a good guy,” who was one of 17 forensic techs employed by the office.
“He was a forensic attendant, he would assist the doctors in autopsies,” he explained.
Winter says the coroner’s office has 25 full-time pathologists and 37 consultant doctors.
“If we have to bring in a specialist, such as an anesthesiologist or cardiologist, we’d maybe bring in a consultant to validate what our findings are,” he said.
Coroner’s office speaks on Breitbart mystery
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/coroners-office-speaks-on-breitbart-mystery/?cat_orig=us
Meanwhile today, an eyewitness who saw Breitbart drop dead outside the Brentwood Restaurant and whose whereabouts were unaccounted for this week has now been found.
Los Angeles private investigator Paul Huebl has located Christopher Lasseter.