autopsy

His autopsy indicated he had not eaten recently, though he showed no signs of dehydration.

An autopsy found no significant trauma to his body, aside from a small bruise on the right side of his chest, according to the affidavit.

Michelle Trachetenberg’s cause and manner of death will remain undetermined after her family objected to having an autopsy conducted on her body.

While the autopsy report did not specifically cite the “laughing gas” as a cause of death, it noted the canisters appeared ready to be inhaled, and raised concerns of a possible overdose.

Their deaths were caused by asphyxia due to inhalation of smoke from the car, with burns being a “significant” factor in the fatalities, according to an autopsy report cited by the San Francisco Chronicle.