NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER: He Was Shot In The Head. Naturally, He Died.
The Jackson County (MO) medical examiner's office had to rethink it’s determination that Anthony Crockett, 49, had died of natural causes after funeral-home workers found bullet holes in his head, reports The Associated Press:
Detectives and Jackson County medical examiners never visited Crockett's home to inspect his body. A paramedic told police he believed the death was natural after finding prescription containers for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes in the home. …
Police noted blood on Crockett's face, but victims can bleed from natural causes or a fall. They did not collect forensic evidence, and by the time the mistake was realized and investigators secured Crockett's house as a crime scene, relatives already had cleaned it.
It was the second time in 17 months that a Kansas City funeral home returned a homicide victim's body mistakenly ruled a natural death by the medical examiner's office.
Crockett’s death has been reclassified as a homicide.
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