On August 2nd many news outlets reported that the autopsy of Thomas Matthew Crooks had been released by the Butler County Coroner’s office. The fact is that mainstream media is late to the party and the Butler County Coroner’s office released the cause and manner of death of Thomas Matthew Crooks to AbleChild nearly two weeks earlier on July 21st.
Unfortunately, what the mainstream media doesn’t understand is that the cause and manner of death is not an autopsy and, although an autopsy has already been conducted on the alleged body of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the results of that autopsy may never see the light of day.
That’s right. Along with so many other aspects of this “investigation” the public may never get to know the details of the alleged assassin’s autopsy. And, while the autopsy shuffle is interesting, the questions regarding chain of custody of that body that need to be asked of the Butler County Coroner, William F. Young III, are even more compelling. So, let’s first recap the case of the presently missing autopsy.
Ablechild contacted the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office to obtain a copy of the autopsy and here’s what we learned. According to news reports, apparently, at some point early Sunday morning July 14th, the alleged shooter’s body was transferred to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office for autopsy.
By what transportation did the Butler County coroner use? Nobody knows. The Autopsy was conducted (no one will say when) and the autopsy was completed (no one knows when) and results were sent to the coroner’s office in Butler County (nobody knows the date).
Here’s where the results of the autopsy being publicly released get muddled. Apparently, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania mandates that Allegheny County must release full autopsy reports to journalists and the public.
Hellbound and Down 