Bullshit
I’m with Radley, this sounds made up to me:
A highway patrolman who crashed into a pickup last month, killing himself and two others, had not been drinking even though an autopsy showed alcohol in his system, officials said Tuesday.
An analysis conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration on trooper Joshua Risner found he did not drink any alcohol at least 16 hours before his death, the State Highway Patrol said in a statement.
The finding contradicts an earlier post-crash autopsy that found Risner’s blood-alcohol level was 0.08 percent, the level at which a person is considered drunk under Ohio law.
“This test tells us that alcohol got into his system post-mortem, after death,” patrol Col. Paul McClellan said…
Who watches the watchmen? Someone’s got to since they can’t seem to watch themselves.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:56 am
Yeah, the bullshit meter’s pegged on that one.
Alcohol can’t get into your blood post-mortem.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:57 am
Sure it can. The magical liquor fairies do that. Didn’t you know that?
November 2nd, 2006 at 12:18 pm
Voting AND drinking…is there anything the dead can’t do?
November 2nd, 2006 at 2:14 pm
I can think of at least two ways the alcohol could be post-mortem.
(1) Load up a big syringe with medical alcohol, …
(2) The blood sample could have been contaminated after it was drawn.
But neither one seems at all likely – or if #2 is a practical possibility, everyone ever convicted on the basis of reports from that lab now has a good case for a retrial, with the lab reports thrown out. As for #1, first find out why anyone would have a motive to do this and access to the body.
November 2nd, 2006 at 5:21 pm
tampering with a corpse is a felony, have they arrested anyone? No? I thought not.