The reason for this post is that someone in our family has passed away recently and they told us that cause of death was ‘sudden cardiac arrest’. However, that was what the doctor told at the place after his body had been found days after his passing in his flat. They said it seemed as if he had fallen. However, if there is known history of severe depression and reason to belief that it was not exactly a natural death (due to a short message in his last email), is there legitimate reason to doubt? This happened in Germany, so I do not know if there will be an autopsy. I also do not know if they say that to not worry the family? They also said ‘he passed away peacefully’ and how would they know that? If anyone works in the field or has heard about such a case in more detail, any information would be much appreciated, thank you!
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Forensic science.
A few days won’t make a huge difference.
For example if someone has a sudden cardiac arrest you’ll often find they collapsed mid task without sign of injury. If you cut your head post cardiac arrest there will be much less blood than if the head injury is what kills you.
If they didn’t crawl or try and get help they just dropped dead you can infer they didn’t suffer.
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