The PI's post mortem examination is the one that discovered the fact that their wrists had been bound. I am not sure how TPS missed this FACT. I disagree with KD's assumption that this was not a professional hit. You can pay a hitman extra to make a scene look exceptionally shocking(mirrors around the pool area) and strangulation is also a known method of a hitman signature. TPS had bungled several murder investigations during this time. IMO, not enough manpower, money or proper training.
Skin from the wrists had already been removed by the Provincial Coroner’s Office during the initial autopsy iirc, prior to the 2nd autopsy by the pathologist working for the PI team.
No member of TPS conducts or analyze autopsies. Police do not do so because they’re neither trained as doctors nor medical experts. The same procedure is followed throughout every province in Canada, similar to the USA where police departments and Coroners also work hand in hand.
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Common questions about death investigations
What are coroners?
Coroners are medical doctors with specialized death investigation training, who have been appointed to investigate sudden deaths as mandated by the
Coroners Act.
What are pathologists and forensic pathologists?
Pathologists are medical doctors who are experts in disease and injury. Forensic pathologists have further training and are experts in disease and injury that result in sudden death. Pathologists and forensic pathologists are the medical doctors who perform autopsies, when required. Forensic pathologists may also be appointed as coroners to investigate cases of suspicious death.
What is a death investigation?
A death investigation is a process whereby a coroner or forensic pathologist seeks to understand how and why a person died. A coroner or forensic pathologist must answer five questions when investigating a death:
- Who (identity of the deceased)
- When (date of death)
- Where (location of death)
- How (medical cause of death)
- By what means (natural causes, accident, homicide, suicide or undetermined)
Information may be obtained from several sources including, but not limited to family, co-workers, neighbours, doctors, hospital records, police and other emergency service workers. Contact with family is vital as they often have important information that can aid the investigation.
How are police involved?
Police are usually among the first responders at a death scene. Coroners may request police assistance with investigations.