postmortem
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Martha Smith-Higgins, prosecuting, said a postmortem revealed he suffered a hypnoxic brain injury, meaning a lack of oxygen to the brain, as well as a cardiac arrest and bleeding on the brain.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“I destroyed your live production database containing real business data during an active code freeze,” the agent said in a postmortem conversation with the developer.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
A forensic pathologist conducted a postmortem examination as part of the sheriff’s investigation into the woman’s death.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
After their son died, Charlie and Fiona Bass flew in Van de Goot, the Dutch pathologist, to conduct a specialist postmortem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
The postmortem was not performed with modern precision, and it was controversial even at the time.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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