I'm not thinking it's that uncommon to seal autopsy reports prior to trial. I've seen it happen in a few high profile cases, can't remember off the top of my head nursee which ones. I'll be happy to go look for other's than the one I think I remembered (Laci and her son) but the words the judge used for sealing them ...I dont' recall ever hearing those used before.
Hi Kat, you got me thinking LOL and it was interesting about Laci and Connor's autopsy reports.
They washed up on April 14th, 2003, and the reports were finished and sealed by May 15th. Then the report was leaked by being read to the public on national TV on May 29th. With that happening, the prosecutor requested the reports be unsealed on May 30th, which they were.
It's just interesting the reports were unsealed a month and a half after her body washed up and the trial wasn't till the end of the following year {I think ;}
Hi Ingrid, I believe the judge in Sandra's case, as to why he sealed the A report. I don't think it has anything to do with keeping a pure jury pool - the trial probably won't be held till the end of next year IMO And we know if they could seat a jury for John Couey, you can seat any jury.
I believe the henious {sp} nature and gravity of the killing would cause great sadness to the families involved in this crime, and it is to keep them in better stead until the time comes when the facts will be presented at trial.
I don't even think they'll be leaked out of respect to the family.
Michelle Young was litterally slaughtered with her daughter then running thru the blood in the room and that report was not sealed. And it was one case where we almost NEVER got any info about what was happening in the case. Truly tight lipped they were.
It must be there are aspects of Sandra's A report that are beyond the pale. xox