Attorney reveals private autopsy results for Nathaniel Cobbs

Civil rights attorney Michael Sussman yesterday disclosed the results of an independent autopsy conducted on the body of Nathaniel Cobbs who died on July 8. He handed out the final page of Dr. Lone Thanning's findings at a news conference with Cobbs' family on Broadway yesterday. Thanning wrote, under the heading of "immediate cause," that Cobbs died of "multi-organ shock with exsanguination (massive bleeding)." Under the "proximate cause" of death, she concludes it was because of "multiple blunt and electric force injuries (contusions, lacerations; consistent with canine bite marks, and Taser burn abrasions.)" Finally, she notes under "associate conditions" that Cobbs was suffering "multiple, acute drug intoxication; (phencyclidine, cocaine.)"

The original autopsy blamed Cobbs' death on his enlarged heart and the drug PCP in his system. Says Michael Sussman, "The autopsy ... made no effort to find the truth."

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