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Autopsy Report: 47-year-old Male, Al Asad, Iraq (Homicide) (0009-04-CID679-83486) (Death Certificate Included)
Apr. 30, 2004 | DOD | ACLU-RDI 1004
Autopsy No: ME04-14; 47 year-old white male detainee died while in US custody. Cause of death: Blunt Force Injuries and Asphyxia; Manner of Death: Homicide. Autopsy revealed deep bruising of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, bruising on the lungs, hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large intestine. Examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. According to report provided by the US army CID, the detainee was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless.
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- 2004-01-09, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Death
- 47 year-old, white, mail detainee died while in U.S. custody. The autopsy report indicates that there were multiple blunt force injuries, deep contusions of the chest wall musculature and abdominal wall. There were multiple, bilateral, displaced and comminuted rib fractures with lacerations of the pleura and bilateral lung contusions. An examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. According to the investigative report provided by U.S. Army CID, the decedent was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless. The autopsy report determined that the cause of death was blunt force injuries and asphyxia. The manner of death was homicide.
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