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Other Autopsy Reports
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Rasmussen-Ruetten, Sherri:
(February 7, 1957 - February 24,
1986):
Sherri
Rae Rasmussen was just 29-year-old
when she was brutally murdered in
1986. She was bludgeoning and then
shot to death in her home just 3
months after getting married. She
worked as a nursing director at
Glendale
Adventist Medical Center
located in Glendale, California. Her
death went unsolved for nearly 24
years until DNA evidence from saliva
found in a bite mark on Sherri's
body pointed to the murderer as
being the ex-girlfriend of her new
husband. The ex-girlfriend,
Stephanie Lazarus, was a 26-year
veteran of the Los Angeles Police
Department. At the time of the
murder, police believed that her
death was related to a botched
burglary attempt with two things
being missing, her new car and .....
her marriage license - a presumably
odd thing to steal? Read the story
about the death of Sherri Rae
Rasmussen as a
48 Hour
Mystery - "One of Their Own."
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Schuler, Diane:
(1973 - July 26, 2009): Diane
Schuler was a devoted wife and
mother of two beautiful children who
was involved in a two vehicle
collision on the Taconic State
Parkway near Briarcliff Manor, New
York, which killed eight people
including herself. According to
reports, Ms. Schuler was driving a
2003 minivan from a campground trip
and went the wrong way on the
Parkway traveling 1.7 miles in the
northbound lanes before colliding
with 2002 Chevrolet Tracker killing
three men who were inside.
Controversy remains on why Ms.
Schuler was traveling the wrong way
on the Parkway; however, he autopsy
report shows that she had a Blood
Alcohol Level of 0.19 and had THC,
the main psychoactive substance
found in marijuana, in her
bloodstream at the time of the
accident. Her death was the result
of multiple internal and external
injuries. There were many witnesses
including bystanders at the
campground, a McDonald's restaurant,
and a gas station who testified that
Ms. Schuler appeared well and and
did not appear intoxicated. However,
in the hours leading up to the
crash, there were reports by other
drivers on the Parkway that Ms.
Schuler's vehicle was driving
erratically, and tailgating and
honking it's horn at other vehicles.
Ms. Schuler was also seen on several
accounts bent over at the side
of the road appearing that she was
vomiting. Also, in the minutes
prior to the accident, there was a
call placed to Warren Hance, who is
Diane Schuler's brother, by one of
his daughters. Emma Hance stated,
“Daddy, there is something wrong
with Aunt Diane and she is having
trouble seeing and she is talking
funny, she is slurring."
At that time the vehicle was parked
on the side of the road just past
the Tappan Zee Bridge tollbooth. Mr.
Hance called the cell phone back and
told his sister to stay on the side
of the road and not to travel any
further until he arrived. Moments
later, the car was spotted traveling
in the wrong direction in the
passing lane on the northbound side
of the Parkway, and then
subsequently collided with the other
vehicle. Killed in the crash
included Ms. Schuler, her daughter,
Erin; her nieces, Emma,
Alyson, and Kate Hance; and the
three gentlemen in the other
vehicle,
Michael Bastardi, his son
49-year-old Guy Bastardi, and their
friend, 74-year-old Dan Longo. Diane
Schuler's son, Bryan, survived the
accident; however, sustained severe
injuries. It was reported that Ms.
Schuler did consume alcohol on the
camping trip, but not on the day of
the accident. It was also reported
that she used marijuana. This
statement was confirmed by her
husband as he told investigators
that she did use marijuana
occasionally. Her sister-in-law
reported that she was a heavy
drinker and smoked marijuana
regularly. It was noted that
Ms.
Schuler had a history of diabetes,
and also suffered from an abscess
shortly before the accident;
however,
the
autopsy itself did not report any
'medical reason' for the crash.
View the whole
story of the accident.
View the
Autopsy Report
View
the Police Report
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West, Donda:
(July 12, 1949
- November 10, 2007) Dr. Donda C
Williams-West was the mother of
rapper, singer, and record producer,
Kanye West. She died tragically from
complications resulting from plastic
surgery that she had undergone. The
procedures involved both
abdominoplasty, otherwise known as a
"liposuction," and breast reduction.
Her own physician, Dr. Andre
Aboolian had advised West against
having this type of surgery for fear
that he health condition at the time
would put her at risk for a heart
attack. She was referred to another
physician for the surgery. The
autopsy report lists several
contributing factors as the cause of
death including coronary artery
disease, aspiration of emesis
causing pneumonia, bandaging of her
torso resulting in constriction,
abnormal hemoglobin variant (not
sickle cell), and the use of pain
medication. She is
buried in Arlington Memory
Gardens in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Whitaker,
Skyla:
(April 5, 1997
- June 8, 2008) Skyla was a young
girl who was tragically murdered
along with her friend, Taylor Dawn
Paschal-Placker. She and Taylor was
gunned down by a unknown
assailant/assailants as they walked
along a rural dirt road in Oklahoma
heading to Taylor's house.
Skyla's body was found alongside the
body of her friend in a ditch. She
was shot multiple times in the upper
extremities, chest, abdomen and
head. If you known of any
information in connection with Skyla
and Taylor's deaths , please contact
the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation hotline at
800-522-8017 or the Okfuskee County
Sheriff's Office at 918-623-1122.
There is a reward for information
leading to their killers.
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Whitman,
Charles:
(June 24, 1941
- August 1, 1966) Charles Whitman
was a student at the University of
Texas at Austin who went on a
rampage and began a killing spree
from The Main Building on campus.
The Main Building also known as "The
Tower" is at the center of the
University of Texas campus and spans
28 floors. On August 1, 1996,
Whitman killed 13 individuals and
wounded 32 others during the campus
rampage. He was perched in the
27th floor observation deck which allowed him clear view of the
surrounding region. The campus
rampage was stopped when Austin
police officers, Houston McCoy and
Ramiro Martinez, shot and killed
Whitman on the observation deck.
In addition to
the campus victims, Whitman murdered
his mother and wife the evening
before the campus events. In a
suicide letter left before the
shootings, Whitman wished that an
autopsy be performed on his body.
the autopsy revealed fatal gunshot
wounds to the head, neck, and chest,
in addition to a brain tumor located
just above the brain stem. Charles
Whitman is buried in Section
16 of the Hillcrest Memorial Park in
West Palm Beach, Florida.
(More information can be found at
Wikipedia)
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