Noted Forensic Expert Definitively Rules Out Suicide In Carradine Case

Just as some had specualted, New York-based forensic scientist Michael Baden announced this afternoon that he has reviewed the case of David Carradine and ruled out the possibility of suicide, to which we say, duh!

This story is all over the internet tonight, but seriously, hasn’t suicide been pretty much ruled out by the release of the death scene photos, not to mention the leaks to the media by investigators indicating that there was some serious kink going on in Carradine’s hotel room? Regardless, here’s what Baden told the Daily News:

After doing the autopsy, reviewing all the findings and the information we have so far, I had sufficient information to rule out suicide. In order to arrive at a proper manner of death, we have to combine the autopsy findings with evidence from the scene and laboratory findings, which could take a few weeks. The family is getting all that through the State Department, the FBI and the Thai authorities. That would include the entire file, whatever is seen by police, everything at the scene and everything from the crime lab and toxicology tests.

Whatever, we’re sticking by our belief that fake death-jerk staging ninjas are behind this, and Baden said nothing today that rules that out.

Famed New York Forensics Expert: David Carradine Death Was Not Suicide [Daily News]