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I think it’s possible an everyday person could confuse a death certificate with an autopsy
There is a huge difference between a one page certificate and a multiple page report. The Death Certificate is just that, a certificate like a Birth Certificate, and an autopsy report is an actual detailed report.
It is possible that the Death Certificate was descriptive like this for example:
- Cause of death - stabbing with large fixed blade knife, deep tears on multiple soft tissue areas etc....
Autopsies are normally multiple pages and would have a diagram of the wounds and list height, weight, body nourishment, physical description of organs etc... It would say that this report comes from the Office of the Medical Examiner and the ME's name is listed. Also, usually the last page gives a toxicology report.
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