Do you have records from a medical examiner? How small is this town?
Pass Christian, MS is a town of about 6,000.
Technically, no medical examiner was involved...the county coroner was summoned by lead investigator, Thomas Pustay (who now resides in the MS prison system) and together they determined Nikki's death was by her own hand. The two of them accompanied her to the funeral home where she was disrobed, hosed, blood and urine collected. No GSR testing was done but supposedly a trace metal test was conducted to determine whether Nikki had held the gun. This, according to them, came up positive.There was no report.
The toxicology testing revealed a blood alcohol level of .067. Toxicology on the urine showed the presence of amphetamines and cocaine, but no levels. The question arising here is how the presence (but no levels) of these substances could have been used as definitive proof that Nikki was under the influence and therefore, took her own life. The police and coroner stated initially that this was indeed their criteria for closing the case as a suicide without benefit of any kind of investigation.
Next, one has to explore the reversed chain of events...since the toxicology was conducted AFTER Nikki was removed from the scene and since the RESULTS of the testing were not received from the lab until up to 48 hours after the blood and urine were drawn, how could said results have been used to close the case BEFORE they were known? And especially, how could ANY conclusion have been drawn with no levels?
The answer seems to lie with Phillip January and Nancy Burge who both indicated to the authorities several things: Nancy, in the 911 call said, " someone I care about I'm terrified committed suicide", even though she went on to say she knew nothing, had seen nothing and "couldn't find the girl". Later, the responding officer, Willie Davis states in his report Nancy said she had no knowledge of anything negative in Nikki's life, that she (Nikki) was happy in her marriage and "had a cocaine problem". Strangely, no one seemed to see the contradiction.
Phil also said Nikki had a cocaine problem that "I'm helping her with", but they had a happy marriage and "I don't know why she would do this". Another similar contradiction. As well, Phil told the family that he had no idea what had happened until the coroner approached him to say Nikki's death was being ruled a suicide....interesting since he made HIS statement to Willie Davis BEFORE the coroner spoke to him.
At face value, don't you think it appears the cops/coroner did not need an official investigation since Nancy and Phil filled in all the blanks for them? Don't forget Phil told the cops he himself was a veteran police officer from the state of Texas.....did this have bearing on how they handled Nikki's death? Given that it was the family's PI who disproved this 'fact', it seems the Pass Christian PD found no need to double check anything.
Disclaimer: Having painted the above picture of police negligence, ineptitude, and ignorance, the family does not for one New York second believe it was this simple. From the moment the 911 call was being dispatched, a colossal cover up was set in motion...it has yet to be unraveled and exposed.
Pass Christian, MS is a town of about 6,000.
Technically, no medical examiner was involved...the county coroner was summoned by lead investigator, Thomas Pustay (who now resides in the MS prison system) and together they determined Nikki's death was by her own hand. The two of them accompanied her to the funeral home where she was disrobed, hosed, blood and urine collected. No GSR testing was done but supposedly a trace metal test was conducted to determine whether Nikki had held the gun. This, according to them, came up positive.There was no report.
The toxicology testing revealed a blood alcohol level of .067. Toxicology on the urine showed the presence of amphetamines and cocaine, but no levels. The question arising here is how the presence (but no levels) of these substances could have been used as definitive proof that Nikki was under the influence and therefore, took her own life. The police and coroner stated initially that this was indeed their criteria for closing the case as a suicide without benefit of any kind of investigation.
Next, one has to explore the reversed chain of events...since the toxicology was conducted AFTER Nikki was removed from the scene and since the RESULTS of the testing were not received from the lab until up to 48 hours after the blood and urine were drawn, how could said results have been used to close the case BEFORE they were known? And especially, how could ANY conclusion have been drawn with no levels?
The answer seems to lie with Phillip January and Nancy Burge who both indicated to the authorities several things: Nancy, in the 911 call said, " someone I care about I'm terrified committed suicide", even though she went on to say she knew nothing, had seen nothing and "couldn't find the girl". Later, the responding officer, Willie Davis states in his report Nancy said she had no knowledge of anything negative in Nikki's life, that she (Nikki) was happy in her marriage and "had a cocaine problem". Strangely, no one seemed to see the contradiction.
Phil also said Nikki had a cocaine problem that "I'm helping her with", but they had a happy marriage and "I don't know why she would do this". Another similar contradiction. As well, Phil told the family that he had no idea what had happened until the coroner approached him to say Nikki's death was being ruled a suicide....interesting since he made HIS statement to Willie Davis BEFORE the coroner spoke to him.
At face value, don't you think it appears the cops/coroner did not need an official investigation since Nancy and Phil filled in all the blanks for them? Don't forget Phil told the cops he himself was a veteran police officer from the state of Texas.....did this have bearing on how they handled Nikki's death? Given that it was the family's PI who disproved this 'fact', it seems the Pass Christian PD found no need to double check anything.
Disclaimer: Having painted the above picture of police negligence, ineptitude, and ignorance, the family does not for one New York second believe it was this simple. From the moment the 911 call was being dispatched, a colossal cover up was set in motion...it has yet to be unraveled and exposed.
