Medical Examiner Attacked, Tied to Bomb Outside Office [Memphis, again!]

The Commercial Appeal ^ | June 2, 2002 | Yolanda Jones

[willieroe]

An unknown assailant attacked the Shelby County medical examiner late Saturday, wrapping him with barbed wire and strapping a bomb to his chest before leaving him in a stairwell outside his downtown Memphis office.

Dr. O. C. Smith received minor injuries from the attack that included chemical burns. His attacker threw an acid type substance on Smith's face as he left work at 1060 Madison around 10 p.m.

Smith was found by a security guard shortly after midnight.

This is the second time in the last three months an explosive device or bomb has been found at the Shelby County Regional Forensic Center, which houses the morgue and Smith's office.

On March 13, a bomb and two smaller explosive-type devices were found in the stairwell outside of the forensic center. [Related FR thread: MEMPHIS: 'NO HOAX' BOMB FOUND OUTSIDE COUNTY MORGUE]

Sunday afternoon, local and federal officials said the devices are "similar," but are still investigating. They could not say if the same person or persons made the devices.

A $5,000 reward is being offered by Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau for any information about suspects in this recent incident and the one on March 13.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH or the ATF hotline at (888) ATF-BOMB.

[willieroe]

Just broke on Commercial Appeal website...

[Asclepius]

... An unknown assailant attacked the Shelby County medical examiner late Saturday, wrapping him with barbed wire and strapping a bomb to his chest before leaving him in a stairwell outside his downtown Memphis office ...

It sounds completely random to me. Nothing personal about it.

[Dog]

Good catch!

Shermy look at this!

[Mitchell]

O.C. Smith is the person who conducted the autopsy on Don Wiley (the Harvard microbiologist). See this link, for example. I am not saying that there is a connection with these bombings. It's just a bit strange that the same name comes up again.

[meyer]

Sombody doesn't like the medical examiner, I'd say...

[bloggerjohn]

What the heck. Are they bombing the South? There was a bomb just planted at a power station here in Jax, FL, and another one was tried down in South FL a week or so earlier. The odd thing is that Jacksonville had had the first citywide power failure due to four odd occurrences at power stations just shortly before the failed bomb attempt (by a US soldier no less) It was posted on FR somewhere, although I don't think the other one in South FL was mentioned.

[Mo1]

Sombody doesn't like the medical examiner, I'd say...

Ya think??

Question is .. what is really behind these attacks

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Arm all Medical Examiners!

[browardchad]

He also did the autopsy on Katherine Smith, who was involved in driver license fraud with some Middle Eastern men, and was found burnt to death after a minor traffic accident.

Anyone know what the final determination was on cause of death for Ms. Smith? Did they rule that a suicide?

[KissOfTheSith]

>O.C. Smith is the person who conducted the autopsy on Don Wiley (the Harvard microbiologist)

In some article I read by Jim Garrison -- the real life DA from NO Stone made JFK about -- Garrison asserted that when "the Establishment" wanted to infiltrate and "control" an area, they would make it a priority to get one of "their people" in the position of medical examiner because the position has so much power in a real world way. The position can label deaths accidental/murder, etc.

Perhaps there's more to this guy than meets the eye...

-- KotS

[willieroe]

Another related thread from the FR archives (March 13): Three bombs found in morgue building

[JDGreen123]

Oh yeah! Plenty of Muslims. The 4 guys who were caught getting the illeagl driver's license from Ms. Smith. One had worked on the sprinkler sytem in the WTC a week before 9-11. A Somalian who questioned a University of Memphis professor about "weapons of mass destruction." The FBI visted the professor for an interview. A Pakistani professor at Lemoyne-Owen University who is allegedly a member of some of the militant groups.

Steve Emerson, Jihad in America, has visited for an inquiry.Shermy will be by shortly I am sure with his complete syllabus of Muslim Memphis stories from the past 6 months.

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[MeekOneGOP]

fyi......

[Libertina]

wrapping him with barbed wire and strapping a bomb to his chest before leaving him in a stairwell outside his downtown Memphis office.
He also did the autopsy on Katherine Smith, who was involved in driver license fraud with some Middle Eastern men

Thanks for that reminder. I'd say this was warning # 3 to the unlucky Medical Examiner, Dr. O. C. Smith. And only a $5000 reward.

[concerned about politics]

O.C. Smith is the person who conducted the autopsy on Don Wiley (the Harvard microbiologist). See this link, for example. I am not saying that there is a connection with these bombings. It's just a bit strange that the same name comes up again.

Good observation. Good way to shut the guy up, that's for sure.

[GailA]

Real good catch, it wasn't there when I was in this morning. Smacks of more efforts to destroy any evidence of the DL seller lady's autopsy.

[concerned about politics]

Thanks for that reminder. I'd say this was warning # 3 to the unlucky Medical Examiner, Dr. O. C. Smith. And only a $5000 reward.

( from Mitchells' link) Scientific organizations, including St. Jude, posted rewards totaling $26,000 for information leading to the ``arrest and charge'' of anyone responsible for Wiley's disappearance.

[Mitchell]

Anyone know what the final determination was on cause of death for Ms. Smith? Did they rule that a suicide?

The FBI said it was arson. I don't know what the medical examiner's ruling was.