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marked50

(1,366 posts) Sat Oct 7, 2017, 08:22 PM Oct 2017

Have heard nothing-zip-nada about any forensic investigation of the Las Vegas shooter. [View all]

I have found it strange that in all the discussions about motives about the shooter I have heard nothing about any drug testing or autopsies being performed. Nothing. It has been nearly a week and nothing has been reported or even said about this in anything of regular reporting. They all keep up the lack of motive thing. Why?

The closest I have seen is something (I think I read on CNN) about the Texas Tower shooter having a brain tumor that was putting pressure on his amygdala that may have contributed to the event and an oblique comment that the reporter wondered if the shooters brain was damaged with his "suicide". That's it.

Can anyone point me towards something that may explain this lack of focus on something so basic in forensic's ?

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Have heard nothing-zip-nada about any forensic investigation of the Las Vegas shooter. [View all] marked50 Oct 2017 OP

Speaking of a lack of focus: guillaumeb Oct 2017 #1

I think figuring out a motive or cause HopeAgain Oct 2017 #2

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Xipe Totec Oct 2017 #3

We have always heard of such efforts in the past within days of these things- not this time- please marked50 Oct 2017 #6

Of course they will test the shooter"s corpse fir drugs and look for issues with his brain. Nitram Oct 2017 #4

Nobody is talking speculation of results-just when we can expect information marked50 Oct 2017 #7

Weeks jberryhill Oct 2017 #17

We usually get the information. Igel Oct 2017 #22

Going to guess that he had marijuana in his system and thus may have bought the guns illegally Not Ruth Oct 2017 #27

Very small amounts of tissue can be examined and/or tested for signs of a tumor. Nitram Oct 2017 #28

I will point you to the explanation. Doreen Oct 2017 #5

What do you expect them to find? JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #8

I can only say that we don't all the facts here and if we think that "the news" will always marked50 Oct 2017 #11

I haven't ruled-out a brain tumor. Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #15

Maybe you could give the Vegas PD a call fescuerescue Oct 2017 #9

Sarcasm doesn't answer the basic question-Why isn't anyone talking about this? marked50 Oct 2017 #12

Because it's not prudent to talk about it yet fescuerescue Oct 2017 #14

I am not asking the medical examiners to rush out any results. Just that the activity is under way. marked50 Oct 2017 #19

Well.... fescuerescue Oct 2017 #20

marked, we re talking about it, but there is really nothing to talk about until test results are Nitram Oct 2017 #25

I'm quite sure they're investigating. cwydro Oct 2017 #10

2 points: 1, there are 58 autopsies more important Nevernose Oct 2017 #13

Point 1 and 2 are the best reasons I have gotten so far- so Thanks, but marked50 Oct 2017 #18

That will take time jberryhill Oct 2017 #16

The ISIS conversion didn't fly ucrdem Oct 2017 #21

nothing about the financial forensics either Skittles Oct 2017 #23

The fact that it's only been a week? kcr Oct 2017 #24

Blew his brains out Not Ruth Oct 2017 #26