Does anyone even know if Gen's family have been given the autopsy report? I would be interested in knowing if Gen's family have the evidence/information as to how the coroner came to the conclusion Gen committed suicide. Actually not just Gen, but all of these young women. Not that I want the gory details but I believe to have the coroner's findings could put minds at ease. Does anyone know if it was the same coroner who performed all the autopsies on these women? MOO.
Your first question is a very interesting question; and the correct answer to that could be telling.
I know in a truly accidental death, the family gets the autopsy in a very reasonable length of time. I also know that in a death that is being investigated or one in which there is any kind of inquiry pending, they will hold it until after everything is settled.
Now if you were a direct family member and you pushed this with an attorney, it’s possible you could acquire a copy earlier. This could vary depending on the circumstances of the investigation/inquiry, too.
I think a pathologist and an assistant may do the autopsies—so they may not have been done by the exact same pathologist; but the Office of the Chief Coroner probably signed off on them all; and all three of the autopsies were likely done at the Saint John Regional Hospital.
In the earlier reports, they did say that they would release the findings of Genn's autopsy, but it could be a while as they are awaiting toxicology reports. In all honesty, they could be still waiting.
One question I have is that they should at least be able to tell if these women drowned or were already deceased when they entered the water. I believe they can tell at least that much.
The answer to that could be what’s holding things up, (besides the tox report, of course,) and it would also be interesting to know if the other families have seen the autopsy reports for their loved ones and what was shown in their respective cases.
I think it’s possible that we find that the coroner’s findings don’t put our minds at ease, at all. jmo
Another thing I note is that the same sergeant is handling all three of these cases. I believe he is head of the Major Crimes Unit in Saint John, and in the earlier reports of Shelby’s disappearance he was not on her case. His name seems to first appear after they recovered her body—although the articles I can find on that case are slim.
He was there right from the beginning of Yeonhee’s disappearance; and Genevieve’s.
And just in the interest of keeping things in line with what has been reported—in the earlier reports released after Gen was found, CTV did quote
Sgt. Henderson as saying: “At this time, I cannot confirm that foul play has been ruled out.”
The next day, Nov. 4th, CBC ran the
headlines: "Foul play not suspected in death of Genevieve Cormier;" and later amended it with the sub-heading:
"Police still waiting for autopsy report before ruling out foul play in Saint John teen's death"
This is a link to a CBC video also done on the 4th:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NB/ID/2415900030/
Coverage of Genn’s case should begin at about .30 seconds in.
The amending was done after a member of Genn’s family spoke out on Facebook.
So, I wouldn't want any of us to be accused of misunderstanding the media articles, or twisting them in any way.
I apologize for my wordiness in this comment. :blushing:
