Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Morrow County Medical Examiner's District
Gotham City CCM
AUTOPSY REPORT
NAME: THOMAS WAYNE
Case No: 885560T
Approximate Age: 41 years
Height: 70 inches
Weight: 210.8 pounds
Sex: Male
We hereby certify that on this day […], pursuant to Statute 49.25 of City Code, an autopsy on the body of Thomas Wayne was performed at the Morrow County Medical Examiner's Office in Gotham City, and upon investigation of the essential facts concerning the circumstances of the death and history of the case, we are of the opinion that the cause of death was as follows:
FINDINGS:
- Sudden death associated with:
- Exsanguination – Bleeding to death from gunshot wound
- Hypoxia by pneumothorax – Deprived of adequate oxygen
- Heart failure (HF)
- Traumatic brain damage (TBI) – degeneration of brain cells
- Perforating injury
Ill. Hepatomegaly (weight = 1695 gms) with mild fatty metamorphosis
- Prostatic hyperplasia, mild
- No evidence of dehydration or electrolyte imbalance:
- Postmortem vitreous chemistry non-contributory
- Blood furosemide (Lasix) negative
- Postmortem toxicology:
- Cardiac blood fluoxetine = 2.72 ug/mL
- Femoral vein blood fluoxetine = 0.778 ug/mL
- Gastric fluoxetine = 4.2 ug/mL
- Liver fluoxetine = 61.4 ug/mL
- Postmortem blood 20 heavy metal screen negative
- Postmortem blood mercury negative (below detection level)
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COMMENT:
Dr. Thomas Wayne was 41 years of age at the time of his death. He was a doctor and businessman shot in Park Row, aka “Crime Alley”, where he was apparently discovered unresponsive, along with his wife. The exact downtime is unknown but could be as much as 20 minutes or more before he was discovered unresponsive. The ambulance arrived at 11:08 p.m. and he was transported to Gotham Central Hospital in Woodrow, where immediate life support protocols were instituted. However, he was pronounced [sic] dead at 12:01 p.m.
CAUSE OF DEATH: DEATH DUE TO BALLISTIC TRAUMA (FOUL PLAY)
MANNER OF DEATH: UNNATURAL
Signature Chenzira A. Tefni, M.D.
Signature Susan Ludner, M.D.
A CERTIFIED COPY ATTEST SUSAN LUDNER, M.D. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER MORROW COUNTY, [signature] Wanda Peterson
GROSS ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION
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- CLOTHING AND PERSONAL EFFECTS: The body is presented to the morgue secured in a body bag and clad in:
- White button-up shirt
- Black pants (cut)
- Pair of white socks
EXTERNAL BODY DESCRIPTION:
Except for the gunshot wounds, the body is that of a normally developed, well-nourished and well-hydrated, adult Caucasian male appearing somewhat older than the given age of 41 years, with a body length of 70 inches and body weight of 210.8 pounds (178 cm, 95.7 kg). The body is well-preserved, unembalmed and cool post refrigeration. Rigor is fully developed. Lividity is developed, posterior, dependent, purple and slightly blanchable.
The scalp is covered by short, straight brown and occasional gray hair with slight frontal, sagittal and occipital pattern baldness. The face is shaven. Body hair is male distribution and average.
TOXICOLOGY TEST RESULTS
OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER SUSAN LUDNER, M.D., DABFP
TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY SERVICE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
GOTHAM CENTRAL TERRY BREWER, PH.D., DABFT
MORROW COUNTY, GOTHAM CITY CHIEF TOXICOLOGIST
NAME: THOMAS WAYNE PRIORITY: 1
M.E. CASE NUMBER: 885560T M.E. TOX NUMBER: 7780333T-XX
BLOOD ETHANOL NEG
URINE ETHANOL NEG
URINE COCAINE NEG
URINE CANNABINOIDS NEG
GASTRIC CYANIDE NEG
BLOOD CYANIDE NEG
URINE CYANIDE NEG
URINE OPIATES NEG
BLOOD ABN (HEART) POS FLUOXETINE 2.630 UG/ML
BLOOD ABN (FEMORAL) POS FLUOXETINE 0.779 UG/ML
URINE ABN POS FLUOXETINE 0.771 UG/ML
GASTRIC ABN POS FLUOXETINE 4.100 UG/ML
LIVER FLUOXETINE POS FLUOXETINE 61.310 UG/ML
BLOOD ABN (FEMORAL) POS NORFLUOXETINE 0.607 UG/ML
BLOOD ABN (HEART) POS NORFLUOXETINE 1.850 UG/ML
URINE ABN POS NORFLUOXETINE 2.260 UG/ML
GASTRIC ABN POS NORFLUOXETINE 1.077 UG/ML
LIVER NORFLUOXETINE POS NORFLUOXETINE 48.810 UG/ML
For INJURIES, INTERNAL EXAMINATION, SPECIMENS, and MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTIONS, see page(s) 4-10.
[Dr. Samuel P. Brice]