Unholy hell, no one cares about how or when or why an autopsy is performed.
Put it to rest. On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM Ali via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > As for my Mom, she had a heart attack, heart stopped , paramedics got > > it restarted but she passed before she could even be loaded into the > > ambulance. It took about 7 minutes from call to ambulance arriving. > > The death certificate said she died of a heart attack, which she was on > > medication for. I don’t think a full autopsy was performed, just a > > toxicology. They can tell some things from just tox and blood tests. > > I would be surprised if they even did a toxicology. The manner of death > was pretty clear. The receiving physician would have declared her DOA > either on arrival over the phone and the manner of death would be recorded > as such. > > > > > Another oddity, is that when you sell your house, at least here in > > California, there is a check box on the realtor form asking if someone > > died in the house. > > > This is accurate. It is mostly aimed at people who died in a violent crime > but of course applies to everyone. I think it stems from a case where > someone was killed in their home, the home was sold, and the perpetrators > came back not knowing the home was sold and then attacked the new owners by > mistake. But don't quote me on that. > > -Ali > > >
