2013 report by Toxicology Consultants and Assessment Specialists, LLC states. “Although not well-known to most professionals, it is generally accepted and documented within the toxicological literature that severely burned postmortem bodies more often than not produce endogenous alcohol,” a Nov. The presence of alcohol could also be the result of decomposition of the bodies that were subjected to extreme heat and left on the ground over night after the burn over that occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. The fact that alcohol was present in the blood of the 13 men raises the possibility the men were drinking heavily the night before or even while on the fire line. Another hotshot had several drugs of abuse in his blood, but no alcohol. One of the most potentially significant, but easily misunderstood, findings in the toxicology reports is the presence of alcohol in the blood of 13 of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots ranging from. Yavapai County released the reports a couple of days later.
26 seeking the autopsy and toxicology records while specifically stating that photographs were not being sought. InvestigativeMEDIA filed a public records request with the Yavapai County Medical Examiner on Oct.
Polk’s refusal to release the autopsy reports and the Republic’s decision to drop its lawsuit resulted in the autopsy reports being kept from public review, until now. The SAIR did not include the autopsy or the toxicology reports, but according to the Republic’s pleading, the investigative report “included the same essential information” that was being sought in the lawsuit. 30, 2013 after the state released the Serious Accident Investigation Report (SAIR) two days earlier. The Republic, however, dropped its claim against the Yavapai County Medical Examiner seeking copies of the autopsy reports on Sept.
18, 2013 seeking the autopsy records as well as additional information including photographs of the location where the men died in a box canyon at the base of the Weaver Mountains west of Yarnell, AZ. The Arizona Republic sued the Yavapai County Medical Examiner and the Yavapai County Sheriff on Sept. The two state investigations into the deaths of 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots released to the public in 2013 did not include the complete autopsy and toxicology reports of the men who were killed on Jin the Yarnell Hill Fire.Īnd requests by the media to obtain the autopsy reports, which are typically public records, were rejected by Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk who stated in an Augletter to the media that “absent a court order, these items will not be released.”
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