Posted on 02/14/2016 1:44:39 PM PST by EveningStar
When Texas millionaire John Poindexter invited Justice Antonin Scalia to his remote ranch near the Mexican border, it was for a private party with about 35 other guests, a weekend of hunting and sightseeing on his painstakingly restored and cultivated 30,000-acre spread.
But when Scalia, 79, failed to appear for a morning excursion at 8 a.m. Saturday, Poindexter became concerned and went to his room, which has its own outdoor fire pit and a wall of windows overlooking the 22-room adobe ranch hotel, a lake and surrounding peaks of the Chinati Mountains.
"I had not seen him, and everyone else was up. I knocked loudly, Poindexter said. But Scalia was in a large room, the "El Presidente" suite, and the owner figured that perhaps the justice couldn't hear him.
Poindexter had just met Scalia, and although he found him "congenial" and they got on well at dinner the night before, his first thought was: "He's a Supreme Court justice, and if he doesn't want to be bothered."
Eventually, Poindexter entered the silent room, apprehensive.
"I was worried I was going to find something very tragic," he said.
There he spotted Scalia, still in his pajamas.
"He was in perfect repose in his bed as if he was taking a nap. His face wasn't contorted or anything," Poindexter said. "I went over and felt his hand and it was very cold, no pulse. You could see he was not alive." ...
Scalia's body was taken by a caravan of 20 law enforcement officers three hours west to Sunset Funeral Home in El Paso, where, after the family opted against having an autopsy, it was being prepared to be flown back to Virginia, according to Chris Lujan, a funeral director manager...
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Same in NY, if the body is found alone an autopsy is mandatory.
as with many of us, it seems he was joyful as he made his way home. i hope there’s no autopsy. it won’t change anything about his “wonderful life.”
Well, seeing as he seemed perfectly healthy just hours earlier, and he was a complete nobody with no importance at all, it seems unnecessary to even have a doctor simply glance at the body... much less go to all the trouble of an autopsy.
Do you know if the body in sudden death lays in repose undisturbed?
“In NM, itâs state law to preform autopsy when a body is found alone...I guess itâs not so in Texas.”
I thought it IS so in Texas, just like NM. That’s been my experience, anyway. If a body is found alone, it’s an automatic autopsy no matter what the family wants.
Maybe the laws changed recently.
So, he had been in bed since the night before? If he did indeed die, it must have been right after he went to bed. we all move a little bit in our sleep, and would most definitely rumple the sheets and bedding.
Sorry, but an autopsy should indeed be performed; especially if he was in reasonably good health, which I believe he was.
This already stinks to high heaven, and we all know the GOPe will do nothing to fight this, or Obama doing a recess appointment!
BUMP
IIRC, Vince Foster was found laying flat on his back, legs together and straight out, and his both arms by his sides.
100% agree
It sounds like a lovely way to leave this world. Assuming no foul play was involved, I’m glad he just fell from this earth to God’s arms.
Hi Onyx,
Happy Valentines Day to you!
This place wouldn’t be the same without you.
My mother had a friend, in pretty good health for being in his 90s, who went to take a nap and didn't wake up. When she emailed me about it, she said, "God really loved Ted!"
Valerie Jarrett on the Supreme Court?!
God forbid!
As an aside, I thought SCOTUS candidates has to have significant judicial trial experience - correct?
He was a Catholic and used to joke about his son, a priest, whom he called “Father.”
May God bless the entire family as they grieve. Hopefully Father Paul Scalia, his son, will say the requiem Mass.
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told WFAA Dallas that she pronounced Scalia dead due to a heart attack, but Lujan said he had not seen a death certificate reflecting that. Guevara did not immediately return calls Sunday.
I wonder how much "the wishes of the family" cost the administration.
Do you know if the body in sudden death lays in repose undisturbed?
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All I know is that is how my dad died, in bed with bedsheets, blanket, etc., undisturbed. He had had a number of strokes in prior years but was ambulatory to the night he passed.
http://www.cibolocreekranch.com/rooms-en.html#item_81
El Presidente Grand Suite at Cibolo Lakeside houses 1,100 square feet of space that includes ceiling-to-floor glass doors and windows facing the lake, a private outdoor fire pit, a leather couch and chairs, a separate stand-up shower, hand-painted double sinks and a ceramic tile wet bar.
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