US EditionGray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist
Forensic pathologist Dr. Matthew Orde testified that cardiopulmonary arrest and police restraint techniques likely combined to cause Gray’s death, amid ongoing uncertainty.
- Dr. Matthew Orde, forensic pathologist, told the hearing cardiopulmonary arrest, complicated by police restraint, most likely caused Myles Gray's death, The Canadian Press reported yesterday.
- At the coroner's inquest, jurors heard Gray suffered a fractured eye socket, a crushed voice box and ruptured testicles, while Larry Marzinzik, coroner, said the homicide term is neutral and does not imply fault.
- Orde described a 'perfect storm' of factors, noting extreme exertion and restraint led to Gray's death and people forcibly restrained on their stomach face greater risk.
- A police discipline authority cleared the officers, but the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner opened proceedings into seven Vancouver police officers, and Prabhu Rajan said there remains 'meaningful uncertainty as to what happened'.
- These findings position the case as central to debates over restraint practices and oversight, as Orde said context and multiple factors inform police oversight and accountability mechanisms.
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The Toronto Star
Gray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Myles Gray in the days after he died following a beating by Vancouver police officers said Monday that there was
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dailyguardian.caMyles Gray had no definitive cause of death, but likely died of cardiac arrest: pathologist
An inquest found Gray's death was a homicide, although coroner Larry Marzinzik told the jury the term is neutral and does not imply fault.
Gray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Myles Gray in the days after he died following a beating by Vancouver police officers says there was no single, definitive cause of death. Rather, Dr. Matthew Orde says he identified multiple factors that probably contributed to Gray’s death in August 2015, and the context in which the 33-year-old died was crucial to informing his conclusions. Orde told the public hearing into Gray…
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