http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/ The Cyril Wecht Web Journal tracks news, events and resources relating to Dr. Wecht and the world of forensic science, and is updated regularly. en-us Copyright 2006 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:30:31 -0500 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:39:35 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dr. Wecht said the death of Anna Nicole Smith's son Daniel was caused by a lethal combination of methadone, Zoloft and Lexapro, but was accidental. A first here... one of the stories we found was this one at People.com.... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/10/httppeopleaolco.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/10/httppeopleaolco.php Daniel Smith Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:30:31 -0500 If you're an avid observer of Dr. Wecht's work, you're surely aware he was hired by Anna Nicole Smith to perform a private autopsy on her son, Daniel Smith, following his mysterious death in the Bahamas. Early rumors pointed to... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/09/uncertain_drugs.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/09/uncertain_drugs.php Daniel Smith Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:59:48 -0500 Just a quick media alert. We've found video from Dr. Wecht's appearance on CNN over the weekend discussing John Karr. Unfortunately, there's no direct link to the video, itself. We found it on a search results page, so just look... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/08/dr_wecht_on_cnn_1.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/08/dr_wecht_on_cnn_1.php JonBenet Ramsey Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:27:30 -0500 Dr. Wecht was back on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith discussing the crash of Flight 522 in Greece. Greek officials have theorized as many as six people may have been alive at the time of the crash, but both Dr. Wecht... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/08/countdown_with_1.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/08/countdown_with_1.php Flight 522 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:12:23 -0500 Dr. Wecht recently joined Tucker Carlson on MSNBC's 'Situation’ to explain how stolen body parts may have ended up in hundreds of unsuspecting patients. Outrageous, but true. Apparently, four men were arrested in New York and New Jersey for stealing... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/03/making_sense_of.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/03/making_sense_of.php Human Remains Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:59:29 -0500 Dr. Wecht joined other civic leaders on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on a panel at Carnegie Mellon to honor and discuss the late civil rights leader’s work. Check out, 'Putting “Dr. King” Back in Martin Luther King Jr. Day'.... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/01/dr_wecht_partic.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2006/01/dr_wecht_partic.php Media Alerts Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:48:27 -0500 Manadel al-Jamad was an Iraqi prisoner at the Abu Ghraib prison who died during a C.I.A. interrogation in 2003. In November, New Yorker magazine dwelved into Jamadi's death, examining the suspicious autopsy and posing the question, "Can the C.I.A. legally... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/12/new_yorker_exam.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/12/new_yorker_exam.php Manadel al-Jamad Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:41:37 -0500 Authorities are now investigating whether hospital and nursing home patients were put out of their misery during Hurricane Katrina with lethal doses of morphine or other drugs. Dr. Wecht, who spent several days in Louisianna conducting autopsies, said toxicological tests... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/12/update_on_dr_we.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/12/update_on_dr_we.php Katrina Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:14:20 -0500 Dr. Wecht will help examine bodies from Hurricane Katrina, reports Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I'm looking forward to it, not only on a professional level with the challenge of it all, but it's a chance to make a small contribution," Wecht said.... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/10/dr_wecht_to_exa.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/10/dr_wecht_to_exa.php Katrina Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:22:44 -0500 Appearing on 'Rita Crosby Live & Direct,' Dr. Wecht said examiners may not be able to come up with a definitive anatomical cause of death for Taylor Behl, the Viginia Commonwealth University student who had been missing for several weeks... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/10/live_direct_on.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/10/live_direct_on.php Taylor Behl Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:38:03 -0500 Dr. Wecht joined 'The Situation with Tucker Carlson' on Tuesday to discuss the difficult task of identifying the dead in the wake of Katrina. "These bodies, for the most part, have been decomposing now for about, what, two weeks. Temperatures... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/09/many_katrina_vi.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/09/many_katrina_vi.php Katrina Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:20:30 -0500 We've discovered a new means for tracking Dr. Wecht's appearances on the major news networks: Google Video. MSNBC does a decent job of putting transcripts of their TV programs on their Web site, but others like Fox and CNN... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/09/dr_wecht_tv_app.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/09/dr_wecht_tv_app.php Media Alerts Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:57:40 -0500 Dr. Wecht told Pittsburgh's KDKA TV Hurricane Katrina is a disaster that has the potential to develop into a public health tragedy. "I predict some of these disease processes will play out for months and even years ahead," explains Dr.... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/09/katrina_a_publi.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/09/katrina_a_publi.php Katrina Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:20:57 -0500 The chief coroner in Greece has claimed that at least some of the passengers on Helios Airways Flight 522 were alive when the plane hit the ground, but Dr. Wecht says to believe six people were alive when 115... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/08/countdown_with.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/08/countdown_with.php Media Alerts Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:20:12 -0500 Anna Ayala has been charged with grand theft and attempted grand theft. Remember, she's the woman who made the bogus claim about finding a finger in her chili at Wendy's. But while she's in a heap of trouble, the question... http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/04/the_abrams_repo.php http://www.cyrilwecht.com/journal/archives/2005/04/the_abrams_repo.php Human Remains Sat, 23 Apr 2005 18:51:47 -0500