If a Medical Examiner rules the cause of death as inconclusive, is he referring to the manner of death,?

Question

ie whether it was a.suicide, homicide, or other, or is he referring to the actual cause of death such as massive coronary.?

Answer 1

You can't always tell for sure without seeing the actual medical certification.

The Centers for Disease Control publishes a handbook called "Medical and Coroners' Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting." It explains the differences between cause of death, manner of death, and mechanism of death.

If you take a look at the examples of medical certifications (page 25 of the handbook, which is page 33 in the PDF file below) you can see that sometimes the cause of death is unknown, sometimes the manner of death cannot be determined, and sometimes both of these are the case.

Answer 2

Usually that is for medical causes. A gun shot is not inconclusive. It means they really can't tell the exact way they dies. Heart Attack? Embolism? Disease? For whatever reason, its not clear or may involve many things. It could also refer to whether it was suicide/homicide. Some deaths may be questionable and are not 100% clear if they are self inflicted or accident or homicide.
Inclunclusive means they really aren't sure how or maybe why the person is dead/

Answer 3

It is referring to the cause of death. Inconclusive means in this case that there is no clear determination as to what caused it and therefore who caused it if anyone.

Answer 4

It means that it is NOT a Homicide, Suicide or Accidental.... the big three.

The rest could be many things but nothing that is criminal.

That's what inconclusive is. It could be biological that is just unexplained. As long as it is not one of the big three... it is not an issue in the eyes of the law.

Answer 5

No, he is referring to the exact cause of his demise - such as heart attack, hemorrhage, ect. Inconclusive means it cannot be determined at this time. That can possibly happen if there were multiple traumas or illnesses.

Answer 6

He/she would be referring to the medical cause of death, ie, cause of death, asphyixiation, due to strangulation caused when victim ... either hung themselves, or were strangled by someone else, etc. In the end we all die of heart failure, our hearts discontinue beating and no matter what other damage our bodies recieve, in the end it is the heart that decides.

Answer 7

My guess is cocaine, even if i do not realize the delay. Whitney Huston's toxicology turnaround took 40 days which may placed the due date for Breitbart's consequences round April 10th. we are now per week previous due on the toxicology consequences. BTW, are there no longer odds being taken in this in Las Vegas -- i presumed they took bets on each little thing?

Answer 8

Absolutely not. For example, someone may have died from a knife. The cause would not be known like punctured liver or bled to death maybe but the manner would be being stabbed.

Answer 9

The cause

Answer 10

yes