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| The death of Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports |
| 2016-02-15 |
| [WAPO] Guevara also rebutted a report by a Dallas TV station that quoted her as saying that Scalia had died of "myocardial infarction." In an interview with The Washington Post, she said she meant only that his heart had stopped. "It wasn't a heart attack," Guevara said. "He died of natural causes." In a statement Sunday, the U.S. Marshals Service, which provides security for Supreme Court justices, said Scalia had declined a security detail while at the ranch, so marshals were not present when he died. "Deputy U.S. Marshals from the Western District of Texas responded immediately upon notification of Justice Scalia's passing," the statement said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 For many, many people with means, motive, and opportunity, Scalia's death is a wish come true. West Texas is sparsely populated, so local law enforcement is unsophisticated - the kind of place where it would be easy to get away with murder, as long as no one looks too close. Scalia may have had "several chronic ailments," but that doesn't mean that's what killed him. Chronic diseases do not typically sneak up and kill you in your sleep with no warning. But a quick injection of harmless KCl can, nicely mimicking a fatal heart attack, and can't be detected without a tox screen. I'm deeply suspicious of what happened here. Without an autopsy or investigation, I'll never be convinced that Scalia died of natural causes. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2016-02-15 19:12 |
| #7 I confess, I've been known to sleep with a pillow over my head if there are noises that are keeping me awake. That's not necessarily Scalia's explanation but if somebody really held a pillow over his head to suffocate him, would they have left it there? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-02-15 18:32 |
| #6 On rare occasions I have been to fancy hotels I noticed they have pillows all over the bed. I spend most of the night in a pillow fight against myself. The pillow over his head may have been an unfortunate accident upon death in bed. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2016-02-15 13:58 |
| #5 It was a suicide. He held the pillow over his own face. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2016-02-15 10:48 |
| #4 Not ruled a suicide so it doesn't fit the Clinton MO. What was the exact cause of death? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-15 08:29 |
| #3 This, just after the Hildebeest gives a nod to a possible Obama Supreme Court position. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-02-15 08:04 |
| #2 Right after the SC shutdown Obama's energy plan. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-15 07:55 |
| #1 No witnesses, eh? No spouse, housekeeper, ranch foreman? All on holiday for Valentine's Day? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-02-15 07:34 |