u/KronoMakina

It is just common sense that if two lines are visibly touching, the program should know to close that gap. I don't care if their vectors are microns apart, that is what close gap is for. So much time is wasted searching for an invisible gap, it's ridiculous.

We could use some help here. An elderly friend died recently and we suspected something suspicious in their death, but the report said natural causes.

We were hoping to get some help understand the terminology. It seems to say they had contusions on the chest and a laceration on the back of the head, but the manner of death was natural?

Few notes, they were an alcoholic and had skin cancer on the left side of abdomen, they did not do toxicology.

This is what the report said:

Cause of Death: Chronic Ethanolism

Manner of Death: Natural

AUTOPSY FINDINGS:

1. Early decomposition

2. Laceration, occipital scalp

3. Neoplasm, abdominal wall

External Examination:

The body is that of a well-developed, well-nourished, slightly decomposed, 66 inch, 118 pound, white male, who appears the reported age of 74 years. The scalp has gray hair with male pattern baldness. The eyes have brown cloudy irides. Skin slippage, red and green discoloration and maggots are on the head and neck. Green discoloration is on the head, neck and abdomen. Contusions are on the chest. Green discoloration and skin slippage are in the lower extremities. A 6 cm firm, raised, dark gray and tan, lobulated mass is in the left lateral abdominal wall. Purpura is in the upper extremities.

INTERNAL EXAMINATION (Head only):

The subgalea is free of hemorrhage. A 3 cm horizontally oriented laceration is in the mid occipital scalp region. Subgaleal hemorrhage is in that area. The calvarium and dura mater are intact. The epidural, subdural and subarachnoid spaces are free of blood. The 1090 g brain is soft pink and free of visible hemorrhage. The cerebral cortex is pink and uniform throughout. The white matter is tan and free of lesions or hemorrhage. The basal ganglia, thalami and mamillary bodies are symmetric and free of abnormalities. The cerebellum, midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata are free of lesions. The proximal cervical spinal cord is intact. The anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossae are intact. The cerebral vasculature is thin-walled and patent.

Is the logic here that they passed out and hit their head and died? Aren't the contusions suspicious? Is this a clear case of natural causes? Thank you for your help.