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Murder In Moscow: The Autopsy Findings in the Murders of Madison, Kaylee, Xana and Ethan (Part 4) (8/15/26) · Beyond The Horizon

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the program. In
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  Speaker 1: this episode, we're picking up where we left off with
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  Speaker 1: the autopsy reports from Moscow Kaylee gun solvus, blunt force,
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  Speaker 1: asphyxial and other injuries. Head and neck hemorrhages are prominently
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  Speaker 1: visible on the bulbar, conjunctibi and oral mucosa. Confluent purple
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  Speaker 1: contusion extends over the mandibular, alveler and lower mucosa. The
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  Speaker 1: bridge of the nose shows irregular dark red abrasion measuring
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  Speaker 1: half inch in greatest dimension. Rectangular sixteenth to three fourth
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  Speaker 1: inch dark red abrasion extends along the left interior orbital skin.
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  Speaker 1: Palpation and manipulation reveal nasal bone fracture. There are bilateral
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  Speaker 1: periorbitable ecmosis, punctate red abrasions, and a linear three fourth
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  Speaker 1: inch abrasion extend across the end anterior aspect of the nose.
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  Speaker 1: Brown abrasions extend over the left cheek described above. Blue
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  Speaker 1: contusion as present over the lateral left cheek. Parallel linear
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  Speaker 1: purple contusions extend transversely from the right peri oral skin
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  Speaker 1: across the right cheek, intersecting with an approximately three inch
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  Speaker 1: rectangular a braided contusion extending diagonally over the right cheek
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  Speaker 1: to the right skin. The skin superior to this set
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  Speaker 1: of injury shows a set of delicate, transverse superficial red
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  Speaker 1: tan abrasions ranging in length from one eighth to one
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  Speaker 1: fourth inch. Superior to these is a deeper, transverse three
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  Speaker 1: fourth inch linear redibrasion with irregular edges. A rectangular purple
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  Speaker 1: contusion with central sparring extends transversely from the left peri
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  Speaker 1: oral skin across the left cheek. The skin inferior to
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  Speaker 1: this contusion shows a transverse one half inch linear redibrasion
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  Speaker 1: with irregular edges. The scalp shows linear partial thickness lacerations
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  Speaker 1: measuring approximately one and one half inches and one in
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  Speaker 1: three fourth inches. The inferior wound shows surrounding red tan
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  Speaker 1: abrasions extending up to one half inch from the wound edges,
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  Speaker 1: and more prominent inferiorally, there is associated sub scapular and hemorrhage.
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  Speaker 1: Intracranial examination reveals the thin film of subdural hemorrhage more
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  Speaker 1: prominent at the inferior aspects of the frontal lobes and
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  Speaker 1: right temporal lobe. There is a patchy subarachnoid hemorrhage, most
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  Speaker 1: prominent at the inferior aspect of the frontal and temporal
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  Speaker 1: lobe and the cerebellum, thorax, and abdomen. On the mid
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  Speaker 1: line upper back is an approximately one half to one
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  Speaker 1: eighth inch curvilinear superficial abrasion with surrounding purple contusion extremities.
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  Speaker 1: On the dorsal left hand are three red abrasions at
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  Speaker 1: the base of the index finger, a vertically oriented three
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  Speaker 1: fourth inch linear abrasion with underlying blue contusion proximal to
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  Speaker 1: the fourth finger, a transversely oriented three fourth inch linear abrasion,
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  Speaker 1: and proximal to the fifth finger, a one to fourth
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  Speaker 1: inch diameter roughly circular abrasion. At the medial base of
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  Speaker 1: the five or the fifth finger is a bloodless circular
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  Speaker 1: superficial skin defect resembling a de roof blister. Body cavities.
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  Speaker 1: The body is entered with the standard coronal and y
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  Speaker 1: shaped thracco abdominal incision. A normally formed diaphragm separates the
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  Speaker 1: thoracic and abdominal cavities. All body organs are in the
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  Speaker 1: normal and anatomic position. No adhesions are in any of
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  Speaker 1: the body. Cavities bilateral pemothorass are described above. The curose
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  Speaker 1: surfaces are smooth and glistening. Head reflection of the scalp
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  Speaker 1: reveals injuries as described above. The skull is of normal thickness.
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  Speaker 1: The brain weighs thirteen hundred and fifty grams. The duramatter
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  Speaker 1: and cerebrie are intact and not adherent to the brain.
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  Speaker 1: The lepto meningesis are thin and transparent. The cerebral hemisphere
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  Speaker 1: are symmetrical, with diffuse flattening of the gyri and narrowing
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  Speaker 1: of the sala. The cranial nerves and blood vessels at
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  Speaker 1: the base of the brain are free of abnormality. The
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  Speaker 1: cerebral ventricles are mildly compressed. Serial coronal sections of cerebral
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  Speaker 1: hemispheres show a uniform cortical ribbon and no focal lesions
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  Speaker 1: of the cortext white matter or deep nuclei. There is
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  Speaker 1: no gross evidence of infection or mass lesion. Sections through
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  Speaker 1: the brain stem and cerebellum show no focal lesions. The
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  Speaker 1: pituitary gland is normally positioned. The dura is stripped from
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  Speaker 1: the inner table of the cranial fossae and the bassolor
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  Speaker 1: fractures are identified. The spinal cord is not removed. Neck.
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  Speaker 1: The neck is dissected in layers showing normal anatomic relations.
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  Speaker 1: The next musculature shows injuries as described above. The hyoid
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  Speaker 1: bone and thyroid cartilage are intact. The cricoid cartilage and
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  Speaker 1: the rings of the trachea are intact. The cervical spine
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  Speaker 1: shows normal alignment. Palpitation and manipulation reveals no fractures. The
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  Speaker 1: larynx shows no evidence of obstruction or edema. The vocal
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  Speaker 1: cords are symmetrical and free of abnormalities. The epiglottis is normal.
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  Speaker 1: The corotid vessels are intact. The tongue is normally formed.
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  Speaker 1: Cardiovascular system, the parocardial surfaces are smooth and glistening. The
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  Speaker 1: perocardial sac is intact and free of significant fluid or adhesions.
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  Speaker 1: The heart weighs two hundred and forty grams. The coronary
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  Speaker 1: arteries arise normally and follow the distribution of a right
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  Speaker 1: dominant pattern. Serial cross sectioning reveals no significant sclerosis. Serial
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  Speaker 1: sections of the myocardium are taken from the apex of
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  Speaker 1: the base of the heart is opened along the lines
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  Speaker 1: of blood flow. The chambers and valves are proportionate. The
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  Speaker 1: valves are normally formed, thin and pliable, and free of
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  Speaker 1: vegetations and degenerative changes. The myocardium is pale red brown, firm,
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  Speaker 1: and free of focal or regional fibrosis, pallor or softening.
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  Speaker 1: The atrial and ventricle septa are intact. The septum and
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  Speaker 1: free walls are free of muscular bulges. The aorda and
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  Speaker 1: its major branches or eyes normally and follow the usual
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  Speaker 1: course without aneurysmal dilation. There is no significant sclerosis. The vni,
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  Speaker 1: cavi and their major tributaries are normally distributed and are
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  Speaker 1: free of gross abnormalties respiratory system. Upon opening the chest cavity,
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  Speaker 1: the lungs are fully expanded and are anteriorly displaced by
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  Speaker 1: hemothorass more prominent on the left. The right and left
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  Speaker 1: lungs weigh three hundred and thirty and one hundred ninety grand, respectively.
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  Speaker 1: The upper and lower airways contain a moderate amount of
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  Speaker 1: hemorrhagic mucoid material. The mucosal surfaces are smooth and yellow tan.
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  Speaker 1: The plural surfaces are smooth, glistening and show apache heemo
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  Speaker 1: aspiration pattern. The pulmonary is light, pink and free of masses.
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  Speaker 1: The cut surfaces exude minimal blood and frothy fluid, except
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  Speaker 1: for injured areas. There is no evidence of thrombolism, infraction,
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  Speaker 1: or neoplasia. The pulmonary vasculature is normally developed, patent, and
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  Speaker 1: free of gross abnormalities. Liver system liver weight nine hundred
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  Speaker 1: and thirty grams. The hepadic capsule is smooth and glistening,
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  Speaker 1: covering pale tan parenchyma. There are no masses or gross
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  Speaker 1: abnormalities of the bilary tree. The gall bladder contains a
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  Speaker 1: small amount of vised vial without stones. The esophagus is
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  Speaker 1: lined by gray, white, smooth mecosa. The gastric mucosa is
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  Speaker 1: arranged in the usual ruble folds, and the lumin contains
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  Speaker 1: abundant dark brown fluid and partially digestive food fragments. The
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  Speaker 1: stomach courses to the small bowel in usual fashion. The
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  Speaker 1: mucosal and cerresosal surfaces the small and large bowel are unremarkable.
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  Speaker 1: The appendix is present and is grossly unremarkable. The pancreas
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  Speaker 1: has a normal tan lobilated appearance. The right left kidneys
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  Speaker 1: weigh ninety grams each. The renal capsules are smooth, thin,
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  Speaker 1: semi transparent, and strip with these from the underlying smooth
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  Speaker 1: red brown, firm cortical surfaces. The cortices are of normal
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  Speaker 1: thickness and are sharply delineated from the medullary pyramids. The
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  Speaker 1: pelves the udors are non dilated and free of stones.
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  Speaker 1: The urinary bladder contains abundant pale yellow urine. The mucosa
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  Speaker 1: is gray, tan and smooth. The uterus, cervex, fallopian tubes, ovaries,
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  Speaker 1: and vagina are without abnormality. There is a tampon in
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  Speaker 1: the vaginal vault. The uterus contains are correctly positioned contraceptive device,
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  Speaker 1: the strings of which protrude through the cervical os. The
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  Speaker 1: endometrium is thin and dark brown. There is no gross
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  Speaker 1: evidence of pregnancy. The breast tissue has the normal fibrosis
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  Speaker 1: and adipose mixture lymphatic system. The spleen ways one hundred
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  Speaker 1: grams and has a smooth, intact capsule covering red purple,
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  Speaker 1: moderately firm parenchyma. The splenic white pulp is grossly indiscernible.
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  Speaker 1: The exposed bone marrow rib is red purple. The lymph nodes,
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  Speaker 1: where visualized, show normal anatomic features. The thymus is a
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  Speaker 1: trophic and replaced by fat. The pituitary gland is of
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  Speaker 1: normal size. The thyroid gland of normal position, size and texture.
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  Speaker 1: The parathyroid gland are not identified grossly. The adrenal glands
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  Speaker 1: have normal cut surfaces and yellow corte and gray medulla.
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  Speaker 1: The bony frameworks supporting musculature and soft tissue are not unusual,
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  Speaker 1: except as noted. Observers representatives of the Moscow Police Department,
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  Speaker 1: Idaho State Police, and Leta Counties Corner's Office or present
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  Speaker 1: at examination photographs. Photographs are taken at the time of examination,
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  Speaker 1: X rays, a full body and tarot posterior radiograph is obtained.
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  Speaker 1: Facial bones are incompletely visualized due to the body position.
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  Speaker 1: No spine, ribb or limb fractures are identified. A T
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  Speaker 1: shaped device projects over the pelvis. No metallic foreign bodies
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  Speaker 1: are identified. Evidence collection Evidence collected at autopsy and released
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  Speaker 1: the Moscow Police includes the deceseds, clothing swabs of multiple
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  Speaker 1: body surfaces, oral anal and vaginal swabs, fingernail clippings, DNA
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  Speaker 1: card and hair. Please see separate inventory sheet materials taken
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  Speaker 1: for toxicology peripheral blood samples or submit to NMS labs.
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  Speaker 1: Toxicology results are reported separately. Tissue biopsy specimens taken, representative
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  Speaker 1: biopsy samples of major organs and structures are retained, and
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  Speaker 1: fixative microscopic examination. No specimens were submitted for microscopic examination microbiology.
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  Speaker 1: No studies are performed other laboratory tests. Post Mortem screening
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  Speaker 1: for ketones show five milligrams in the urine and is
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  Speaker 1: negative for vitreous fluid. Post Mortem screening for glucose is
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  Speaker 1: negative in the urine and vitriose fluid. Post Mortem urinary
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  Speaker 1: toxicology screening is possible for ethanol retention, blood, body fluids,
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  Speaker 1: tissue organs, partial portions of routinely or under some circumstances,
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  Speaker 1: whole and physical trace material collected. The exact samples vary
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  Speaker 1: by case as needed for the diagnostic or evidentiary purposes
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  Speaker 1: and by availability during the examination, are routinely held for
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  Speaker 1: a period of time after release of the body and
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  Speaker 1: will undergo biohazard disposal unless transferred to a laboratory or
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  Speaker 1: other agency, or otherwise released by special arrangement. All Right folks,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to wrap up right here and in the
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  Speaker 1: next episode, we're going to pick up where we left off.
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  Speaker 1: All the information that goes with this episode can be
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  Speaker 1: found in the description box.