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To: Brumar89 who wrote (509539)	9/1/2009 2:13:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578542

Amazingly, there was no autopsy. That's because her parents refused one: Autopsy The medical examiner, Dr Donald Mills, was satisfied that the cause of death was accidental drowning. He signed a death certificate to that effect and released Kopechne's body to her family without ordering an autopsy.[25] Later, on September 18, District Attorney Dinis attempted to secure an exhumation of Kopechne's body in order to perform a belated autopsy,[26] citing blood found on Kopechne's skirt and in her mouth and nose "which may or may not be consistent with death by drowning".[27] The reported discovery of the blood was made when her clothes were turned over to authorities by the funeral director.[28] A Pennsylvania court under Judge Bernard Brominski held a hearing on the request on October 20–21.[26] The request was opposed by Kopechne's parents.[26] Eventually Judge Brominski ruled against the exhumation on December 10, saying that there was "no evidence" that "anything other than drowning had caused the death of Mary Jo Kopechne".[29]