Elvis’ pathologist to probe Smith’s son’s death
September 17, 2006 by staralicious
Filed under Anna Nicole
The pathologist who worked on the death investigations of Elvis Presley and JonBenet Ramsey has been hired by Anna Nicole Smith to perform a second autopsy on her son.
Cyril Wecht, a forensic pathologist from Pittsburgh famous for his expertise on celebrity death investigations, told The Associated Press by phone that he had been hired to examine the remains of Daniel Smith.
He hoped to reach the Bahamas on Saturday night but might not arrive until Sunday. He declined to comment on his role in the Smith case.
“There’s nothing to comment on,” he said. “I just have to get there and see what’s happening.”
Wecht, 75, is facing trial on charges he used his staff when he was the Allegheny County coroner to do work for his multimillion-dollar private pathology practice. He resigned from office in January.
A judge approved Wecht’s trip to the Bahamas but he had to return to Pittsburgh in time for a pretrial conference Monday, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Saturday.
Wecht, who holds a law degree in addition to a medical degree, gained celebrity as a critic of the Warren Commission investigation of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. He has worked as a consultant on such cases as Presley’s death and the slaying of Laci Peterson, and often weighs in on big cases in the news as a television commentator. [Source]
[tags]anna nicole, son’s death, elvis, pathologist[/tags]
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