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Autopsies to determine causes for all the deaths are still pending.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Autopsies of intelligence failures repeatedly suggest that had we had more officers working collaboratively and reporting to receptive administrations before 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, we could have prevented catastrophe.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2025

Autopsies have found a large amount of sepsis-inducing bacteria that likely came from contaminated soil near the primates' enclosures, authorities said.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

Autopsies have revealed devastating damage in the brains of people who died with COVID-19.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

Autopsies on large numbers of individuals in some of our great hospitals have shown that as many as ninety-nine per cent. of the subjects show tubercular lesions of some kind.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.