THE family of a beloved DJ who was found beheaded in his home is still seeking answers about his death, which has been ruled undetermined. Ricky Buchanan, 59, was discovered decapitated in his home…
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"John Buchanan recalled that frigid January morning when he received a concerning call from his brother's neighbor.
“I got a call when I found him. The neighbor across the street called and said, ‘Something’s wrong. Ricky’s dog has been on the front porch for like three hours and he’ll never do that,'" John said.
"I jumped in my truck and headed over there, and that's when I found everything that got this started."
John recalled entering his brother's single-story home and finding the "There was no heater going, so it was freezing in there," the brother told The U.S. Sun.
"When I found him, I originally thought that it was so cold he had his jacket up over his head because I picked it up, and it felt like a mannequin. It was so light.
"I thought, what did I find? This is not a body until I flipped it over and I saw his hands, and then I thought I'll unzip his jacket.
"And when I unzipped his jacket, I realized that his head was cut off, and then I looked up, and I saw it like eight feet across the room."
It goes on to say....
"Days after Memphis police returned Buchanan's home to the family, Shea was dumbfounded when she discovered a bloody saw blade lying right next to where her uncle's body was found.
"I knew instantly when I saw it, I knew what it was," Shea said.
The coarse-toothed style blade, described as a handmade 12-inch straight saw knife and wrapped with duct tape on the handle, was two feet from where Buchanan's body was.
"It had hair and blood on it," she added.
John and Shea believe the saw knife was used to behead their family member.
"They killed him," John stressed.
"Someone held his legs and sat on his back, and pulled his head back and cut it because the blood did not go down his shirt.
And then this ..
"Memphis police declined to comment to The U.S. Sun when asked about the saw blade found at home after investigators cleared the scene.
Police ruled Buchanan's death as undetermined but said the investigation is ongoing.
An autopsy report by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center suggested Buchanan may have died from an accidental drug overdose.
Buchanan was found with traces of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine in his system.
The report also outlined a likely scenario of how Buchanan was beheaded.
"The most likely scenario is an accidental drug overdose resulting in death, followed by postmortem scavenging by the decedent's dog," the autopsy reads.
However, foul play was not conclusively ruled out.
"Based on all currently known investigative information, autopsy, examination, forensic, anthropology examinations, toxicology analysis, and circumstances surrounding and leading up to the death, the cause of death are best classified as could not be determined (undetermined)," read the report.
"Foul play that involved decapitation by mechanical means or other antemortem injuries could not be excluded."
Dog feces found at the scene tested positive for bone fragments, the autopsy report stated."
Hope that helps!!
ETA: while I'm not the og poster, I've read this article before and find the news of the ME autopsy shared in the article confounding. I wish there was more recent information out there or a better update, but I can't imagine even the sun making up a whole autopsy report, tho they should be taken with a grain of sand.
They feel sadness too. Especially with one of their pack.
