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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:31 PM
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How did they complete Terri's autopsy so fast?
A forensic pathologist on MSNBC said that it would take several weeks to complete. He said that it would take about two weeks for the brain to harden so that it could be sectioned off for examination. Maybe they aren't doing a complete neurological autopsy, but I thought the whole point of this was to lay to rest any questions about how severe her brain damage was.
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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:34 PM
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1. Maybe they have completed enough
and 'removed' enough things that the body can be returned for burial/cremation/etc.
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Bookster Donating Member (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:36 PM
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7. Autopsy's done/Report will take weeks
They said the autopsy would be completed within 24 hours. (Actually they said the body would be released within 24 hours.) The *report* won't be ready for several weeks.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 05:50 PM
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13. Hi Bookster!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:37 PM
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8. Therei s the 'gross' autopsy--what can be seen with the naked eye and
then there is the more detailed microscopic examination of tissues that will take, at a minimum, two weeks.
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Maestro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:35 PM
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2. Perhaps they saved the brain.
Not sure.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:48 PM
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10. That sounds like a bad movie


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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:35 PM
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3. Just got the pieces they needed for analysis
Examination & analysis comes next. That's what takes so much time.


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sweetladybug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:35 PM
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4. I think the autopsy is completed but all of the results are not
available yet
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:36 PM
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5. Gross post-mortem examination and tissue sample collection
(including the brain) is "fast." The lab procedures for testing and pathological examination is what is time consuming. The latter is what will require weeks. And, I can assure you, they obtained the whole brain.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:36 PM
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6. The autopsy is complete -
the body has been examined and pathology samples taken (brain) and it can now be released for a funeral and cremation. The determinations from the pathology samples will take several weeks.
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:39 PM
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9. A five-hour autopsy is a very long autopsy
I've observed a number of them, and they usually only take an hour or two. This sounds like a particularly thorough and careful post-mortem.

I'd hate to be that forensic pathologist. The whole world will be looking over his shoulder.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:49 PM
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11. The large structures can be autopsied within a few hours
organs are removed and weighed and assessed for signs of trauma. Tissue and blood samples are obtained and either preserved or frozen.

Xrays are done within about an hour.

What takes all the time is running the various screens for toxins and examining selected tissues microscopically.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 02:49 PM
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12. No, they said it would take weeks for the RESULTS...
... the actual procedure itself takes only a couple hours.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 05:51 PM
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14. That's for the tissue test results - the cutting is *very* fast.
It's a few hours, absolute MAX.
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