The Justice of the Peace spoke with the authorities present as well as Scalia’s doctor. She did not just say, ok, natural causes it is.
The family made the decision not to have an autopsy done. They know much more than we know. I will trust their judgment on this.
As for the pillow—I am highly suspicious of that claim because in his earlier interview, the owner said nothing about a pillow. Besides, a pillow over his head does not mean over his face. If there were signs of asphyxia, a post-mortem would have been done, regardless of the wishes of the family.
The guy who found the body said that. If you click on the Drudge Headline it will take you to the link. Here is the quote,
"We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled," said Poindexter.
"He was lying very restfully. It looked like he had not quite awakened from a nap," he said.
Scalia,79, did not have a pulse and his body was cold, and after consulting with a doctor at a hospital in Alpine, Poindexter concluded resuscitation would have been futile, He then contacted federal authorities, at first encountering a series of answering services because he was calling on a weekend.