Denver7 Investigates’ JennKovaleski and Denver7+ anchor JGonTV break down Elijah McClain’s amended autopsy report, which lists his cause of death as “complications of ketamine administration” and his manner of death as “undetermined.” MORE:
DENVER — The Adams County Coroner amended Elijah McClain’s autopsy report to show his cause of death was “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint” but left his manner of death undetermined.
“I believe this tragic fatality is most likely the result of ketamine toxicity,” Cina wrote in the amended report. “…Based on my training and experience, I still contend that the appropriate manner of death in this case is UNDETERMINED. I acknowledge that other reasonable forensic pathologists who have trained in other places may have developed their own philosophy regarding deaths in custody and that they may consider the manner of death in this type of case to be either HOMICIDE or ACCIDENT.
Cina, in the report, says all of those materials had been requested before the release of the initial report, “But the material was either not provided to us or not provided to us in their entirety.” CPR News filed a lawsuit Sept. 1 arguing the amended autopsy report should be released. Denver7 and four other local news organizations joined the lawsuit after open records requests to obtain the amended autopsy report were denied.
Roedema and Rosenblatt each face another second-degree assault with intent to cause serious bodily injury charge and one count of a crime of violence connected to the assault charge. The death of George Floyd led to broader attention on McClain's case in both Colorado and across the country in the summer of 2020 and led to protests for months against the Aurora Police Department and to bring justice against the first responders involved in his death.
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