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Are you SURE autopsy reports are not a matter of public record Gadawg?
It is my understanding, at least in most states, that once the official autopsy report is issued, copies are provided without charge to the next-of-kin, physicians, law enforcement personnel, and the D.A. if they ask for it. For a fee, others can also obtain a copy. Any photographs associated with the autopsy, however, are not part of the public record and I believe require a court order to be released.
If you have an autopsy after you die it IS NEVER public record.
Next of kin, law enforcement and the DA ARE NOT the public. They do not have to release a damn thing. They usually don't.
But as soon as they entered it into the pleadings in this case IT IS public record.
Where can you get an autopsy report for a fee anywhere in America if you are not a relative?
No offense to you but it is amazing the misnformation there is out there.
Most autopsies are not part of a criminal proceeding.