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[jane]

Thinking about cerebral hemorrhage and heart failure - made me think of Lori Klausutis, Joe Scarborough's assistant who was found mysteriously dead after falling and hittiing her head (on the job).
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[jane]

Lori died July 19, 2001.
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[jane]

http://kennysideshow.blogspot.com/2008/03/look-back-at-joe-lori-klausutis.html
excerpt

Joe Scarbourgh....abruptly resigned his congressional seat when a young female staffer, Lori Klausutis, was found dead in his office under questionable circumstances.

“According to Anna Dobbins, a producer at WEAR-TV, Joe was on the phone with the local ABC affiliate in Pensacola within three hours of the discovery of the body, and before the family was notified, to say that 'a young woman had died in his office and that she had a complicated medical history, specifically surrounding ’stroke and epilepsy.'

The congressman and his advisor, Mick Serrano, made similar calls to two other local media outlets within hours of the body’s discovery.

According to Dobbins and others, about a week later, after the Klausutis family wrote an excoriating letter to a local paper, Serrano called back to ask that they stop reporting the “complicated health history.”

Joe, they were now correctly told, had spoken in error.

Klausutis-a marathon runner, 28 years old and happily married-had been in great shape. Her “complicated health” began only on the night that she died, and its “history” surfaced primarily because of Joe’s misinformation.

The nebulous circumstances surrounding Klausutis’s death were further compounded during her body’s postmortem exam. Michael Berkland, the medical examiner assigned to perform the autopsy, quickly released a statement to the press indicating that there were no signs of trauma to the body or any indication of foul play. Later, however, he admitted the body had “a scratch and a bruise.”

Berkland, it must be noted, has a less than professional record. He was fired from his position as medical examiner in Missouri for making false statements and eventually lost the right to practice medicine in that state (see sidebar). Still, Berkland concluded in the final autopsy report that Klausutis’s heart had failed. Moreover, by failing to officially close the investigation, long after they had ceased to interview witnesses, the police prevented the public from learning any facts about Klausutis’s death.

Only when the autopsy report was released (and that occurred only because the editor in chief of the Northwest Florida Daily News Ralph Routon’s editorial demanded its issuance) did those willing to exercise their rights under Florida’s Sunshine Law learn the extent of Lori’s injuries.

The autopsy report revealed that Lori had suffered two skull fractures and an additional wound. A 71/4-inch crack all but spanned the top of her head, from right temple to left.” - Dennis Wright on Larry Flynt.com

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[Rainbow]

Great research job, Jane! If I remember correctly, didn't news reports disclose that J.S. and G.C. were friends?

[rd]

I would be very surprised if they weren't. Scarborough was a Republican representative but Condit was being recruited to switch Republican. Scarborough was a little bit younger but they appeared to have a lot in common.

That was an amazingly inopportune time for Scarborough for Lori to die under questionable circumstances at the height of the Chandra Levy disappearance scandal in July, 2001.

And also of a cracked skull? I'd sure like to know what that note on Chandra's counter was about.

rd

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