I didn't hear anything about an autopsy being ordered until the article associated w/this post.
In fact, I thought earlier today, that no autopsy was ordered due to this article:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/14/official-scalia-died-heart-attack/80375798/#
In this article the judge IDs the cause of death due to a conversation with Scalia's personal Dr.. The article did not explicitly say that an autopsy was not ordered. What made me think one was not ordered was this part:
"As part of my investigation, one of the things I did ask the sheriff and the U.S. Marshal: 'Were there any signs of foul play?' And they said, 'Absolutely not.' At that time I still wanted to be careful, and asked them if (Scalia's) physician would call me."
The justice's personal doctor called her at 8 p.m. Saturday night. She said the physician told her that Scalia had a shoulder problem last week and underwent an MRI. Scalia also suffered several chronic ailments, Guevara said.
"I felt comfortable what I knew was going on with him physically," she said."
Does that sound like he ordered an autopsy to you? Usually, when under a doctors care, no autopsy required. So it seems to me that Guevara, a judge - not a doc, entered cause of death as MI on the death cert. but did not order an autopsy.
Maybe his shoulder pain was referred pain from his heart.
Knowing this and that he wasn’t feeling well makes me less suspicious of foul play.
Still, is stupid to call it a “heart attack” when that is just a guess.
***Guevara pronounced Scalia dead at 1:52 p.m. on Saturday and ordered an autopsy after reviewing the case with a U.S. Marshall and talking to Scalia’s doctor***
May not have been completed, just ordered. But if they are definitively claiming cause of death an autopsy and tox screen have to be done first.