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Marco Millian, 34, was widely noted as one of the first openly gay candidates for public office in Mississippi. (Photo/marcomcmillian.com)

Slain mayoral candidate's family demands answers

Michael Clark, WMC-TV
VIDEO - According to the medical examiner, McMillian died of asphyxiation. There is also evidence the openly gay mayoral candidate was burned and beaten...
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Inside linebacker Jovan Belcher #59 of the Kansas City Chiefs wathces from the sideliens during his final game against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on November 25, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Autopsy: Belcher drunk during murder-suicide

Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An autopsy shows that Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was legally drunk when he shot his girlfriend nine times and then killed himself...
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This 2012 file photo shows NFL football player Jerry Brown, then of the Indianapolis Colts.  (AP Photo/File)

Autopsy: Cowboys player killed in crash was sober

Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — An autopsy has found that Dallas Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown Jr. was sober when he was killed in a crash that led to an intoxication manslaughter charge against the teammate at the wheel...
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LAPD apologizes to Notorious B.I.G.'s family

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police detectives apologized to the family of Notorious B.I.G. for failing to warn them about the planned release of his autopsy report more than 15 years after he died in a drive-by shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department said...
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Notorious BIG (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Long-sealed Notorious B.I.G. autopsy released

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities have released a long-sealed autopsy report showing that rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times in a 1997 drive-by shooting in Los Angeles that remains unsolved...
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A casket is carried out of the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel following the service for hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty, Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012 in New York. Mourners in the packed chapel Wednesday included Sean "Diddy" Combs, Missy Elliott, Q-Tip, LL Cool J, Russell Simmons, 50 Cent and Grandmaster Flash. Lighty, 44, was found dead in his Bronx apartment last week with a gunshot wound to the head. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Relatives of hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty seeks 2nd autopsy

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The family of late hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty has asked for a second autopsy after a medical examiner ruled his death in New York last week a suicide...
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Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Rodney King death ruled accidental

Associated Press
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The death of Rodney King earlier this year was ruled an accidental drowning and there were multiple illegal drugs in his system, police said Thursday...
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Teresa Carter, left, and Anne Carter Winters, mother and grandmother of Chavis Carter, comfort each other on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 during a prayer vigil held on the grounds of The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., for Chavis Carter, who Jonesboro, Arkansas, police say committed suicide while handcuffed. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Stan Carroll)

Suicide ruling won't end Chavis Carter questions

Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) - Hours after police released an autopsy report that ruled the shooting death of a young man in the back of a patrol car a suicide, dozens of the man's supporters and relatives gathered Monday night in Memphis for a candlelight vigil....
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Autopsy: Death of Chavis Carter ruled a suicide

Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) - An autopsy report released Monday lists the death of a man shot in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in an Arkansas patrol car as a suicide...
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Rodney King poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

Anthony McCartner, Associated Press
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Results from toxicology tests could as long as six weeks to gather before coroner's officials can determine how Rodney King died...
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