No post-mortem to be performed on Otto Warmbier the US student held by N Korea
According to the US coroner, the family of a US student who died shortly after being freed from North Korea have declined a post-mortem examination.
On Monday, 19th June 2017, Otto Warmbier had died. Mr Warmbier had passed away near his family home in Ohio after more than 15 months in North Korean captivity.
The County coroner for Hamilton County said that only an external exam had been performed on Mr Warmbier, who arrived home in a coma.
Claims that the coma had been caused by botulism and a sleeping pill were made by North Korea, however both the Warmbier family and doctors have disagreed.
22 year old Warmbier had been sentenced to 15 years’ of hard labour in March 2016 after being tried for attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel.
The coroner’s office in Cincinnati, Ohio, said in a statement: “No conclusions about the cause and manner of Mr Warmbier’s death have been drawn at this time as there are additional medical records and imaging to review and people to interview. Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of Mr Warmbier at this time of their tragic loss.”
Time line or Warmbier’s death
30 Dec 2015 – Mr Warmbier travels from Beijing to Pyongyang with a tour group
2 Jan 2016 – He is arrested at Pyongyang International Airport as he tries to leave the country. Later that month, North Korea announces it is holding Mr Warmbier for a “hostile act”
16 March 2016 – Mr Warmbier goes on trial in Pyongyang where he confesses to stealing a propaganda poster, and is sentenced to 15 years of hard labour. North Korea says he slipped into a coma shortly after his trial
Early June 2017 – US officials and Mr Warmbier’s parents are told about his condition
13 June 2017 – He is released from North Korea and medically evacuated to the US. Doctors say he has suffered a severe brain injury
19 June 2017 – Mr Warmbier dies
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