as in autopsies
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness
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autopsies
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The murder case against Nick Reiner will not proceed until September, in part due to delays in the release of reports detailing the autopsies of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, officials said in court Wednesday.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026 -
The autopsies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner have not yet been completed, stalling the criminal case against their son Nick, who is charged in the couple’s grisly December 2025 deaths.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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