How to Use autopsy in a Sentence
autopsy
noun- The coroner performed an autopsy on the murder victim's body.
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His body will be flown to New Providence for an autopsy.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022 -
An autopsy will be conducted on Kim's body, the sheriff's office said.
— Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 -
An autopsy conducted on the victim later ruled that the cause of death was acute mixed ethanol and cocaine toxicity.
— Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024 -
To get those answers, two autopsies would be performed: one, two days after Melissa's death, and then another, about two weeks later while lab work was completed.
— Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2024 -
Dykes was transported to the Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
— Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 30 July 2022 -
The 70-year-old's body is set to be flown to Nassau within the next day where authorities will conduct an autopsy to determine his cause of death, police said.
— Gina Martinez, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 -
According to the release, Newman’s body was transported to the Arkansas State Crime lab for an autopsy.
— Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2022 -
Preliminary findings of an independent autopsy ordered by Grier's family declared her cause of death to be severe blunt force injury to the head.
— Kendall Ross, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2022 -
The results of the full autopsy were sealed by the judge.
— John Branch, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023 -
The autopsy showed Lacy died from a blood clot in his lungs.
— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023 -
An autopsy showed that Vega shot the teen five times in the back.
— Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024 -
An autopsy found George died of blunt-force trauma to the head.
— oregonlive, 2 June 2023 -
An autopsy showed that the victim had been shot one time.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 1 May 2023 -
Results of the autopsy are pending and the cause of death has not been confirmed.
— Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023 -
It is not known how long the autopsy will take due to the condition the bodies were found in.
— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 July 2023 -
The results of the autopsy will determine his cause of death.
— Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023 -
An autopsy revealed that Smith had died of blunt force trauma to the head.
— Gary Wynn, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023 -
An autopsy ruled the death to be a homicide, police said.
— Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023 -
Then, the detectives told Ivy the results of the autopsy.
— Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024 -
The autopsy recorded his official cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head.
— Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023 -
As Akers’ case made its way through court, Davis was asked to review the autopsy.
— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023 -
The death was caused by equipment at the plant, Klem said, adding that the results of an autopsy will be released Wednesday.
— Laura Strickler, NBC News, 18 July 2023 -
Her cause and manner of death are pending the results of an autopsy.
— Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023 -
An autopsy found she had been raped and was stabbed 61 times, according to court records.
— CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024 -
An autopsy found O’Keefe died of hypothermia and blunt force injuries to the head.
— Meghan Mariani, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024 -
Rulings on the manner and cause of his death are pending an autopsy.
— Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024 -
The autopsy also said the method of intake was unclear.
— Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 -
The autopsy declared the child died from assault/blunt force trauma and ruled the manner of death as a homicide.
— Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 9 May 2024 -
The Alameda County Coroners' Bureau will conduct autopsies and toxicology tests on the fatality victims, officials said.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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