Crime & Safety

New Zahau Autopsy Set for Friday

Forensic pathologist confirmed the new exam will take place, while critics weigh in about Dr. Phil's involvement.

The new autopsy long will happen Friday, according to broadcast reports.

ABC.com is reporting that Dr. Cyril Wecht, who has publicly criticized investigators' findings, will conduct the exam Friday in Pittsburgh.

Wecht, who has consulted on numerous high profile cases, is a clinical professor at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Graduate School of Public Health.

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Meanwhile, Forbes magazine has weighed in about the involvement of Dr. Phil McGraw, which the family has said is supporting their pursuit of further investigation. A columnist called it “just creepy” for and raised the spectre of the classic film Network to boost her point.

, two days after her boyfriend's son suffered head injuries in a fall at the same home. She was found nude and bound, and according to her boyfriend's brother, hanging from a second-story balcony. When the authorities arrived she was lying on the mansion's grounds.

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. Her family disputes the finding and and for not turning her property over to the family.

Zahau's boyfriend, . Attorney General Kamala Harris denied the request.


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