Everyone loves a good medieval whodunit, but how did real people investigate homicides in the Middle Ages? What did they look for? And how did they decide if a person's death was an unfortunate accident or foul play? This week, Danièle speaks with Sara Butler about forensic medicine, and how death investigation was conducted in medieval England. Sara Butler is a Professor at The Ohio State University, where her research focuses on social and legal history in the Middle Ages. This conversation is based on her book Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation in Medieval England.
The ongoing saga of the body found in an impounded Tesla belonging to alt-pop singer d4vd earlier this month continues to unfold. According to NBC News Los Angeles, the body has been identified as a 15-year-old girl named Celeste Rivas, who was reported as missing last year in Riverside County. Rivas was identified through forensics, and the medical examiner is still working to determine the cause of death.
Richard Quinones was walking his dogs one morning this summer when he spotted a woman in a ditch. She lay on dirt near some trolley tracks in Lemon Grove, her legs partially submerged in muddy water, Quinones, 69, said in a recent interview. He called a non-emergency line. A sheriff's SUV arrived a little later. But the vehicle then backed up and drove off without anyone stepping outside.
The incident took place at St Michael's Avenue in Tipperary town at around 9.35pm on Friday, September 12. A man aged in his 30s arrested in relation to the incident remains in garda custody. The man injured in the assault has since died in University Hospital Limerick. The local coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist have both been notified, and a postmortem examination is due to be carried out.
Human remains were found in the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard Monday afternoon, according to authorities. ABC7 reported that the vehicle was registered to David Anthony Burke, a musician whose stage name is D4vd. The singer is expected to perform in Minneapolis Tuesday for his world tour. About 12:20 p.m. Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to Hollywood Tow on Mansfield Avenue, according to Officer Charles Miller.
The family of Martha Nolan-O'Slattyara, a 33-year-old woman found dead at the Montauk Yacht Club, are seeking a second-opinion post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of her death.
I heard it on the morning he was found dead. I was having breakfast at a hotel and the television was on and Jeffrey's picture came on and they said he was found dead by suicide. The government didn't notify me as they said they did. I learnt about it on CNN.