Chew on this quote for a minute. I'll put it into context later:
"[In 2013], my sister and my daughter's paternal aunt and I went to see
Cinderela Guevara several times. [This is Judge Guevara, who just ruled
Scalia died of natural causes and no autopsy was necessary.] I went to
see her alone two times...
"When she was alone with me, Ms. Guevara asked about my religious
beliefs several times. We spoke about the Catholic faith and on
September 3, 2013, when I met with her, she told me that she had prayed
to God for an answer as to whether it was suicide or not and asked God
to give her an answer in the video. She said she did not receive an
answer as to that, but she did receive an answer from God. She stated to
me that God told her that, yes this was a tragedy, but the true tragedy
was that Melaney had died without accepting Jesus Christ as her savior.
"This was the woman who was deciding the cause of death of my daughter.
Was she willing to consider any investigation of a homicide if she
believed I was being punished by God?"
A US Supreme Court Justice dies. The circumstances are unknown.
Therefore, a Texas Judge rules: no autopsy is necessary. Talk about
insanity---or worse.
NY Post, 2/15,
"Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death":
"Bill Ritchie, a retired deputy chief and former head of criminal
investigations for the DC police, said he was dumbstruck when he learned
that no autopsy would be performed.
"'I took a look at the report and I almost fell out of my chair,' Ritchie told The Post from his home in Maryland.
"'I used to be an instructor in the homicide school. Every death
investigation you are handling, you consider it a homicide until the
investigation proves otherwise,' Ritchie said."
Who is Judge Cinderela Guevara, the Texas official who decided she
didn't need to look at Scalia's body to rule his death was from natural
causes---therefore requiring no autopsy? (See
"Scalia's death to be ruled a heart attack" and
"Urgent calls begin for Scalia autopsy: Rush to 'natural causes' conclusion criticized" and
"Judge Cinderela Guevara: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know")
Who is this judge who shut the door on an investigation?
Had this judge ever done anything like this before? Had she ever ruled
against a homicide investigation in a case that cried out for an
investigation?
Well, there was that case of a young woman found dead on the railroad
tracks in Texas in 2013. Was an autopsy denied there as well? Did the
Judge instead pray to God for a ruling in the case?
Daily Kos, March 28, 2014:
"Like a dead dog on the tracks: Injustice in small town Texas...":
"The nightmare began on the morning of Thursday, August 8, 2013. My
daughter, Melaney Parker cashed out of her favorite bar at 12:01 a.m.
after a night of dancing and flirting with her new husband, found him
and kissed him on the lips, and said love you, see you at home. Her body
was lying on the tracks when struck by a Union Pacific Railroad train
at 12:23 a.m.
"After reviewing the video taken by the train, the Union Pacific
Railroad claims representative told an attorney who volunteered to
assist us, that she appeared to have been placed on the tracks and
seemed to be unconscious or dead, not moving or flinching as the train
approached....The claims representative said that he pleaded with the
Justice of the Peace and the Sheriff to open this case as a homicide.
They insisted it was a suicide.
"...My sister and I and other members of our family talked to the
Justice of the Peace, Cinderela Guevara...When we asked if a rape kit
had been ordered, she seemed surprised. She said she had only ordered a
toxicology report. We did not understand until later that she meant she
had only ordered a toxicology report and not an autopsy. She later tried
to say that it was Dr. Contin's suggestion because she thought the
cause of death was obvious. My sister asked her at one meeting, 'With
all due respect, Judge, how do you know she wasn't already dead when she
was hit by the train?' Ms. Guevara said nothing to that and just stared
nervously at my sister. Had the possibility never entered her mind?
What was called an autopsy report, so they could insist that an autopsy
had been performed, were two pages signed by Dr. Contin on the evening
of August 8, 2013, stating that 'after investigation' it was determined
that Melaney 'intentionally placed herself on the tracks' and the cause
of death was suicide. It appears that Dr. Contin only did a superficial
visual examination and never took any samples or tissues, other than
from the liver (approximately 8 hours after her death on a summer night)
for the toxicology report. After researching the finding, we found that
samples should not be taken from the liver, especially after physical
trauma, because of the possibility of contamination.
"The Union Pacific Railroad claims representative told our attorney that
if they had known an autopsy had not been ordered they would have paid
for one...
"My sister and my daughter's paternal aunt and I went to see [Judge]
Cinderela Guevara several times. I went to see her alone two times...
"When she was alone with me, Ms. Guevara asked about my religious
beliefs several times. We spoke about the Catholic faith and on
September 3, 2013, when I met with her, she told me that she had prayed
to God for an answer as to whether it was suicide or not and asked God
to give her an answer in the video. She said she did not receive an
answer as to that, but she did receive an answer from God. She stated to
me that God told her that, yes this was a tragedy, but the true tragedy
was that Melaney had died without accepting Jesus Christ as her savior.
"...This was the woman who was deciding the cause of death of my
daughter. Was she willing to consider any investigation of a homicide if
she believed I was being punished by God?"
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