Governor Bush has washed his hands of all of this and has walked away. He won't be doing anything now or after Terri's death for Terri.
UPDATED LETTER
Jon R. Thogmartin, M.D., District Chief Medical Examiner 10900 Ulmerton Rd., Largo FL 33778 Telephone #. (727) 582-6800 Fax # (727) 582-6820 mailto:wpellan@co.pinellas.fl.us
Dear Dr. Thogmartin:
When Terri Schiavo dies, the potential exists that a crime will be covered up by her planned cremation without an adequate autopsy. That potential crime is NOT the issue at the center of the present controversy, but the yet unsubstantiated allegation that an assault led to her condition in the first place.
It has been reported in the press that Michael Schiavo intends to cremate Terri Schiavo immediately upon her death. It has also been recently reported that Mr. Schiavo has consented to an autopsy. We are writing this letter to urgently request that a complete autopsy be performed. If Mr. Schiavo consented to a "limited autopsy" such as limited to the brain, important information could be missed. Please refer to the attached bone scan report and analysis.
According to the Medical Examiner's department policy posted at: http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/forensics/policy/policystatement.htm#CA , the medical examiner must approve or deny all such requests.
There is an open quesiton of what led to her original "event".
Please disallow the cremation until the medical examiner's office can perform a complete postmortem examination from a forensic standpoint to determine both the immediate cause of death AND the proximate cause of death, including the search for any injuries from the past consistent with a potential crime.
Despite the currently accepted rationale for her initial “event”, evidence on postmortem examination may reveal that Terri Schiavo was the victim of a crime many years ago.
Judge Greer has not allowed an MRI or PET Scan. PET scans are of no value post mortem, but MRI may have some limited benefit, in addition to the physical autopsy, particularly for small, old injuries to ligaments and muscles that would be consistent with a trauma that occurred due to a crime (e.g. strangulation or abuse) if one had occurred.
If there are perpetrators of a crime covering something up, they will not want such an examination done. They will be afraid of justice.
Please act now to assure no authorization is given for cremation without a proper investigation and COMPLETE autopsy to address these issues.
Sincerely,
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Bone scan report available at:
http://www.rense.com/general63/scan.htm
It's a land of laws and from what I've seen, the courts all the way through the Federal ones tied his hands unless he was willing to make an outlaw move.