Autopsy of Terri Schiavo Completed

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TweetAutopsy of Terri Schiavo Completed


TAMPA, Fla. - The autopsy of Terri Schiavo has been completed, and the body is ready for release to her husband, who plans to cremate her remains and bury the ashes without telling his in-laws when or where.





Results from the autopsy, which was completed Friday, were not be released for several weeks, according to the medical examiner's office.


Michael Schiavo has said he hopes the autopsy will settle questions about his wife's medical condition, but experts differ on whether that will happen. He declined to comment Friday.


Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, and Michael Schiavo spent Friday planning separate funerals for the 41-year-old woman, who died Thursday — 13 days after her feeding tube was removed.


The Schindlers have scheduled a funeral Mass for Tuesday in Gulfport. The Mass will be preceded by a gathering for people to express their condolences.


Michael Schiavo's family has said he plans to take the cremated remains to Pennsylvania, where Terri Schiavo grew up, but her parents and siblings want to bury her body in Florida so they can visit her grave.


Terri Schiavo had been the center of a long legal battle over whether she would have wanted to be kept alive with the feeding tube for 15 years after suffering a devastating brain injury.


David Gibbs, the Schindlers' attorney, said there have been no further discussions between Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers about their daughter's remains. The Schindlers do not plan to press the issue in court, he said.


"The court has already determined that (Michael Schiavo) will control the burial decisions," Gibbs said.


Outside the Pinellas Park hospice where Terri Schiavo lived for five years, just a few protesters returned Friday for a brief mass as city workers took down barricades used to control the crowd. Media crews from around the country packed up their gear.

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TweetI agree that since they were still married that he should have the say in the burial. But this guy sounds like a total control freak. Man I feel bad for the parents. I have never seen anyone not able to place flowers on a grave during holidays and such. This guy needs his ass kicked.