"He's dead, Jim!"
"I'd like a second opinion on that, please!"
"Shuddup, you. Lie back down!" |
 A private pathologist flown in from the United States to perform a second autopsy on the former Playmate's 20-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend was unable to determine the cause of the young man's sudden death.
"Well, I think I can verify that he's dead..."
"Hmphf. We could tell that by the smell."
"The rigor mortis was a clue, too." |
| For $600 an hour I'll sign on that. |
However, Cyril Wecht, who previously consulted in the investigations of the deaths of Elvis Presley, JonBenet Ramsey and Laci Peterson, was able to rule out several possible culprits.
| "So far we've eliminated chain saws, trampling by elephants, and possibly bilharziasis." |
The 75-year-old pathologist said that his examination on Sunday indicated there was no sign of heart disease, stroke, cancer, systemic infection, pulmonary embolism or "congenital anomaly."
| "Matter of fact, I'm not sure at all why he's not up and walking around. Except for the lividity, of course." |
"I think that we have a tragic death of a young man, and ultimately the cause is going to be determined," Wecht said.
| "It may be that he just stopped ticking." |
Shortly after Daniel's death on Sept. 10, reports surfaced that there may have been fatal doses of antidepressants in his system. While authorities quickly dismissed the notion, Wecht did confirm that the boy was on prescription antidepressants at the time of his death. Wecht told the Associated Press that Daniel had begun taking the medication to treat depression that "had to do with a girlfriend" four to six weeks prior to his passing. The pathologist stressed, however, that the dosage was "quite low" and that there was no evidence of a "suicidal overdose."
| Well, no evidence except for the fact that he's croaked for no discernable reason. On the other hand, coming to the abrupt realization that Mom was the Anna Nicole Smith would probably kill me on the spot, too, even without anything to overdose on. |
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