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 Air France Pilot's Body Found 


Jun 25, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The body of the pilot of the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1 has been recovered, Reuters reports. A pilots union identified him as Marc Dubois, a 58-year-old Frenchman who had 21 years of experience at the airline. A male steward also was identified. More... More »

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Caylee's Autopsy Results Released

Slain Fla. toddler
found with duct
tape over mouth

Jun 20, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Autopsy results released yesterday state that there were no drugs found in the body of Caylee Anthony, but duct tape had been placed over the slain 2-year-old's mouth before decomposition, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The toddler's skeletal remains were found mixed with garbage bags and a laundry bag, states the... More »

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autopsy • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • murder charges • child murder

(Newser) - Famed pathologist Michael Baden is traveling to California to conduct a private autopsy of actor David Carradine, reports Radar. One of Baden's skills is tracking autoerotic asphyxiation, which may have been the cause of Carradine's death, but the former chief medical examiner of New York City is also trained to... More »

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suicide • Thailand • autopsy • Bangkok • hanging • David Carradine • autoerotic asphyxiation

Berlin Corpse May Be Slain Leftist Hero

Doc thinks body in Berlin hospital cellar is 'Red Rosa' Luxemburg

May 29, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - For nearly a century, left-wingers have mourned at the tomb of Rosa Luxemburg, a murdered academic who fought to make Germany communist. But one pathologist insists Luxemburg’s body isn’t there, rather abandoned in a hospital cellar, Der Spiegel reports. The corpse Michael Tsokos found had no head, feet,... More »

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Germany • autopsy • Communists • Rosa Luxemburg • Social Democratic Party

Troop Autopsies Yield 
 Life-Saving Clues 

Decision to autopsy all US war dead helps military eliminate equipment flaws

May 26, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Navy pathologist Capt Craig T. Mallak's groundbreaking decision to order autopsies on every US casualty killed in Iraq and Afghanistan has helped save the lives of American troops, the New York Times reports. The autopsies—and, since 2004, CT scans—have allowed the military to build a huge database on... More »

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CT scans • US military • autopsy • US troops • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s cause of death was an “epidural hematoma due to blunt impact to the head,” the New York Post reports. The verdict comes from the city’s medical examiner, ruling the actress’ death an accident. A hematoma is a blood clot that grows between the brain... More »

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theater • Broadway • autopsy • medical examiner • accidental death • actor • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • hematoma

Jett Died After 'Seizure,' Not Head Trauma

Mortician speaks
as ruse hearse 'picks up' Travolta's son

Jan 5, 09 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - John Travolta's son died of a seizure, not head trauma, says an undertaker who saw the 16-year-old's death certificate. While autopsy results remain under wraps, mortician Glen Campbell's description may dispel notions that Jett Travolta died by banging his head in a Bahamas hotel bathroom, E! Online reports. More »

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John Travolta • autopsy • seizure • Kelly Preston • Jett Travolta

 Heart Attack Killed Knut-Keeper 

Autopsy rules out foul play

Sep 23, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(AP) - Berlin prosecutors said an autopsy today showed that Thomas Doerflein, the zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the polar bear cub Knut, died of a heart attack. The city's mayor paid tribute to him for writing Berlin history. "Other causes of death, in particular involvement by another party, are... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Knut • autopsy • heart attack • zookeeper

GLOSSIES

As Legal Battle Melts Carvel Fortune, Heir Cries Murder

Foul play is latest accusation in 18-year fight over ice-cream king's $67M estate

Jul 20, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 18-year battle over Tom Carvel’s estate is as bitter as his franchise’s soft-serve and ice-cream cakes are sweet, with his niece Pamela—the only surviving family heir—now pushing authorities to investigate claims Carvel was murdered by insiders bent on staking claim to a $67 million fortune.... More »

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murder • autopsy • lawsuit • ice cream • Carvel

Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

Camera caught fallen patient left ignored on NYC hospital floor

Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to... More »

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health care • New York City • Brooklyn • autopsy • blood clots • hospital • deep vein thrombosis • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

Accidental OD Killed Ledger

Autopsy results cite combo of sleeping pills, painkillers, and anti-anxiety meds

Feb 6, 08 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of sleeping pills, painkillers, and anti-anxiety medication, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office ruled today. OxyContin, Valium, Xanax, Restoril, Unisom, and ibuprofen combined to result in a lethal "acute intoxication," an ME spokeswoman told the AP.  More »

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OxyContin • autopsy • overdose • prescription drugs • Xanax • Valium • Heath Ledger • Brokeback Mountain • Restoril • Unisom • ibuprofen • Kim Ledger

Relatives Sue Ohio Coroners Over Remains

Fate of organs
removed during
autopsy at issue

Jan 23, 08 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a lawsuit charging that coroners failed to return a man's brain to his body prior to burial and that his parents had a constitutional right to the remains. Coroners say hurried reintegration of organs for funerals could compromise autopsies; under state... More »

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Ohio • autopsy • funeral • constitutional law

Doc Hit Skids After Kanye's Mom Died

Adams' practice 'almost destroyed' by bad publicity, he tells King

Jan 23, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - The plastic surgeon who operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West days before her Nov. 10 death told CNN's Larry King yesterday that his Los Angeles-area practice has been "almost destroyed" by bad publicity following the tragedy. But Dr. Jan Adams, former host of the TV series Plastic ... More »

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plastic surgery • autopsy • Kanye West • death • private practice • liposuction • Donda West • Jan Adams

Ledger Autopsy Inconclusive

Coroner needs 10 days, further tests; actor's roles took toll, caused insomnia

Jan 23, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An autopsy on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, the AP reports, and a medical examiner's office spokeswoman says that further needed tests will take about 10 days. Meanwhile, Ledger's family echoed earlier police statements that the actor had not committed suicide—rather, his death was “tragic, untimely, and accidental,... More »

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autopsy • insomnia • Heath Ledger • medical examiner • sleeping pills • the Joker

Charred Body ID'd as Pregnant Marine's

Lauterbach died from blunt trauma to the head, autopsy reveals

Jan 15, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The burnt body found in the yard of wanted Marine Cesar Laurean's house is that of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, and an autopsy revealed she died from blunt trauma to the head, CNN reports. The DA told the Daily News of Jacksonville, NC, he didn't know whether Lauterbach’s child... More »

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murder • autopsy • Maria Lauterbach • Cesar Armando Laurean • Marine • pregnant marine

Doc of Kanye's Mom Was on Thin Ice

High-profile Adams had alcohol convictions, faced malpractice action

Nov 14, 07 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The mother of rap star Kanye West died Saturday "as a result of surgery or anesthesia," a preliminary autopsy showed yesterday—more bad news for her surgeon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Jan Adams—a talk-show regular—faces sanctions from various state agencies over a string of... More »

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plastic surgery • medical malpractice • autopsy • Kanye West • cosmetic surgery • hip-hop • Donda West

Wrestler and Family Killed in
Murder-Suicide

Bodies of wife and young son found in dead champion's home

Jun 26, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A professional wrestler was found dead yesterday with his wife and 7-year old son in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Investigators believe Chris Benoit, 40, killed his family over the weekend in their secluded Georgia home before committing suicide yesterday. A neighbor alerted police, who discovered the bodies in... More »

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suicide • murder • murder-suicide • wrestling • professional wrestling • Chris Benoit • Houston • autopsy • WWE

IT WAS AN OVERDOSE

ME rules Anna Nicole's death accidental,
citing nine drugs in
her system

Mar 26, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Anna Nicole overdosed on prescription painkillers and sleeping meds, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Smith reported today, calling the death accidental. There were nine different drugs in her system at the time of her death, including three antidepressants or anti-anxiety drugs—methadone, Lexapro and Zoloft. More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • drugs • obituary • autopsy • celebrity • overdose

Cricket Coach Murdered

Woolmer now said to
be strangled, after team's surprising loss

Mar 23, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of Bob Woolmer, the English-born Pakistani cricket coach, was ruled a murder yesterday, roiling the sedate world of international cricket  with a crime investigators call “extraordinary and evil.” When Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica last Sunday, it was thought he... More »

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sports • Pakistan • Bob Woolmer • cricket • murder • Cricket World Cup • autopsy

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