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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Right. Is it the same guy?
Knew a guy who was in his early 60’s who had a sudden heart attack. He went up to his cabin in Michigan and they found him sitting on his recliner with the TV on and nearly untouched bowl of popcorn on his lap.
At the time it was hard for his family, but the story of his sudden death was a comfort to them.
Anyone else flashing back to the movie Godfather 3?
Apparently not.
He was napping until one of husseins lackeys snuck in and Breibarted him.
Not in Texas. My mother fell on her front porch and died on the spot with no one around. The Medical Examiner came out, said no autopsy was required and my dad opted to not have one done.
In Indiana if the coroner says not needed and you want one you foot the bill.
Depends on state law. Here the body is taken away where the autopsy is done a couple of days later if all the paper work is in check.
True and hope you are doing good pal.
It is not the law in TX. My brother died at our ranch alone, of an apparent heart attack. After talking to the medical people the law enforcement folks told my parents there was no need for an autopsy unless they wanted one. My brother was morbidly obese and a smoker, so cause of death wasn’t hard to figure.
And in ALL of those sudden attacks there is a great deal of pain.
He’s a Democrat, for what that is worth.
And Scalia was alone without his protective marshals.
Nothing I read about this story is fully comforting that everything was above board.
Huge ditto!
OTOH I have seen congestive heart failure put someone down peacefully ‘to sleep’ ...
“It was an honor to have had him,” the host said. “He was surrounded by 35 odd admirers. He was at a beautiful location, which he remarked upon several times as being very much to his taste. He was doing what he liked to do, which was being outdoors. He had no apparent pain or distress in his death. While an absolute tragedy, it could have happened at worse places and worse circumstances than it happened here.”
It all sounds so wonderful. I never want to be having a great day near this guy or I won’t ever see another day.
Also, how does he know the Justice felt no pain?
+1000
He didn’t reach for the phone beside his bed?
Potential murderers, take note. Go rural in TX. Then call a distant judge, who can rule heart attack for your victim over the phone. You just have to answer one question first. “Was there any sign of foul play?” Just say no, kids.
“And Scalia was alone without his protective marshals.”
Cannot be repeated enough. Who arranged that?
Thank you, I didn’t know all that. Good info from one who has been there.
For me, the statements from the guy who both INVITED SCALIA WITHOUT KNOWING HIM and FOUND THE BODY just sound wrong. Suspicious. But I hope it’s just my tinfoil hat.
My dad is dying, he is in the last stage of Alzheimer’s, and just this week he has started to sleep with his eyes open. It is freaking everyone out a little. They close his eyelids and he stays asleep.
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