Most people who are elderly don't have autopsies. Ones that are very overweight with known conditions almost never do unless there is some sign of foul play or a legal question about the quality of their care (a recent surgery, etc.).
His door was locked from the inside and he was found in a restful state of repose. There was no sign of a struggle and no reason to think that anything nefarious took place.
Scalia's family agrees.
Last Updated Feb 14, 2016 8:50 PM EST
WASHINGTON - A procession of law enforcement officers early Sunday escorted the body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to a funeral home in El Paso, Texas, where officials are waiting to hear whether an autopsy will be performed.
Chris Lujan, a manager for Sunset Funeral Homes, said about 20 law enforcement officers arrived early Sunday morning at the funeral home. The procession traveled more than three hours from the West Texas resort ranch where Scalia, 79, was found dead in his room Saturday morning.
Lujan says Scalia's body was taken from the facility late Sunday afternoon. Lujan says it was to be taken to Virginia, but he didn't know exactly where.
Lujan says an autopsy was not performed.
He says Scalia's family didn't think a private autopsy was necessary and requested his remains be flown home as soon as possible.
The county official who declared Scalia dead Saturday did not order an autopsy after finding he had died of natural causes. She said investigators told her there were no signs of foul play. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/officials-d ... in-scalia/
just me wrote:Yeeaaaah. It's so mysterious that a 79 year old morbidly obese man would die.
He was a smoker too.
Hopefully his family is able to mourn properly amongst the media circus. I’ve always wondered what it must be like trying to mourn a family member that is famous.
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski
Must have been murdered by his family. It's why they refused to have him autopsied.
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