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# Clark County Defies Order To Release Vegas Shooter Coroner's Report

After months of radio silence, new information released earlier this week surrounding the investigation into Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock's motive appears to have revived suspicions that another person was involved in the shooting.

The newly unsealed documents - which were unsealed by court order after journalists at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and other media sued - revealed that the FBI is seeking a "person of interest" named Douglas Haig. Haig's name had not previously been connected to the shooting. What's more, according to what's been widely cited as his LinkedIn page, Haig had "DOD Top Secret clearance" and worked for top weapons manufacturers and specialized in Military Ammunition, as we pointed out.

Haig's connection to Paddock and the shooting is unclear, but in another confusing development, Clark County Nevada Coroner John Fudenberg is defying a court order to release the full autopsy report for Paddock - even though Paddock's body was cremated in December.

According to the Daily Caller, District Court Judge Timothy Williams ordered the coroner Tuesday to immediately release the autopsy. Fudenberg is conferring with others in his office, and no date had been given for his compliance with the judge’s order, the corner’s office told The Daily Caller.

The office also told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the report wouldn't be released until it was “finalized.”

“The coroner’s office has fought to keep autopsy reports confidential,” according to the the Review-Journal.

It's difficult to imagine what component of the autopsy could, at this point, be left unfinished; after all, Paddock's body was destroyed weeks ago. And yet, the coroner has chosen to pay $32,000 in legal costs instead of turning over the final report.

"The shooter’s body was cremated Dec. 21. How can the autopsy report not be 'finalized' when the body was cremated more than five weeks ago?" Review-Journal Editor-in-Chief Keith Moyer publicly stated. "The law is squarely on the side of the public’s right to open government."

An interim report released Jan. 8 gave only scant information about the autopsy and did not release either the autopsy or a toxicology report on Paddock.

“Preliminarily, the injuries noted were on the posterior of both calves and a gunshot wound to the upper palette inside the decedent’s mouth with obvious damage to the upper teeth,” the department stated.

“The cause of Paddock’s death was an internal gunshot wound and the manner of death was ruled a suicide,” the report concluded.

While the details so far largely comport with the early press reports, some say the initial report was suspiciously lacking in detail.

“What’s glaring are the missing details on the autopsy,” said Wayne Black, a 40-year veteran law enforcement and private security expert, in an interview with TheDCNF.

“This is probably one of the most significant medical examiner’s investigations of the year,” he said.

It's been four months since the shooting, and still much remains vague or unknown. Paddock's motives remain a mystery. Unanswered questions remain about the official timeline of events. Photos published online in the immediate aftermath of the shooting purported to show a second shooter closer to ground level, but they were largely dismissed by law enforcement and the media.

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Fireman Feb 1, 2018 6:40 AM Permalink

Harvey Lee did it all by himself. Now live with it! Your authorities know best!

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BidnessMan Fireman Feb 1, 2018 6:46 AM Permalink

If Justice Roberts is named to lead a Commission, the fix is in.

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BennyBoy BidnessMan Feb 1, 2018 6:50 AM Permalink

This'll add fuel to the pyre.

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WTFRLY BennyBoy Feb 1, 2018 6:53 AM Permalink

Joominati gonna j00

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. . . _ _ _ . . . WTFRLY Feb 1, 2018 6:54 AM Permalink

How come none have mentioned the report that CNN announced Paddock to the world days before the shooting?
This short video is all I've seen of it. (01:34)
Liz Crokin ???

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Gaius Frakkin'… . . . _ _ _ . . . Feb 1, 2018 8:09 AM Permalink

It's outrageous that a body can be desposed of before the autopsy report is released especially from a known perpetrator in an unsolved crime.

This kind of behaviour adds to evidence of a coverup.

This was a blantant attack on White Trump voters. A desperate false flag to push politics back ten years and get White people more concerned about guns rather than jewish and deep state power. It failed.

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el buitre Gaius Frakkin'… Feb 1, 2018 8:52 AM Permalink

Autopsy? You don't need no steeenking autopsy!

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SoDamnMad el buitre Feb 1, 2018 9:14 AM Permalink

Didn't need one for SC Justice Antonin Scalia. Just had a Justice of the Peace declare him dead and flush his remains to the river. Wh in the FBI allowed that? Oh,my bad. Never mind.

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Algo Rhythm Gaius Frakkin'… Feb 1, 2018 9:39 AM Permalink

And reminiscent of dumping the body 'double' of Bin Laden in the ocean...... Crazy world.

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NumberNone Gaius Frakkin'… Feb 1, 2018 10:23 AM Permalink

Trump has thrown a wrench into the chain of command as the ranks hopefully start seeing the potential breakup of the cabal at the top.

Simply by having someone leak that DOD employee is a suspect is eye-opening. Just maybe, just maybe there is hope that this fucking evil entity that much of the US government has morphed into is starting to question itself.

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SoilMyselfRotten WTFRLY Feb 1, 2018 6:56 AM Permalink

And yet, the coroner has chosen to pay $32,000 in legal costs instead of turning over the final report.

Somethin tells me someone else picked up the tab

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boattrash SoilMyselfRotten Feb 1, 2018 7:09 AM Permalink

OT as hell, but I Rcvd this series of emails this A.M. anyone heard any of this?

1.Phenomenal shit hitting the fan.

2.Big QAnon drop right now. Jerome Corsi is on live feed now decoding it.

3.They're all at the COG bunker in West Virginia now. Pence is there. Not sure when POTUS arrives.

4. POTUS reportedly being protected by Marines.

BTw, the Greenbriar Resort where the Repubs are is a huge 200 year-old hotel that had a bunker built under it in the 1950s especially for Congress.

It was the twilight zone this morning as 200 Republicans and their families were hauled back to Charlottesville, VA after their train hit a dump truck that would never have been anywhere near the tracks if the fucking Capitol Police had been doing their jobs. Kinda like at the Alexandria ball park last summer. Hmmm.....

God speed to all of them and the memo!

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spieslikeus boattrash Feb 1, 2018 7:13 AM Permalink

For once, I actually think shit’s about to get reals.

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spieslikeus spieslikeus Feb 1, 2018 7:22 AM Permalink

And those dump truck guys still alive are probably having their fingernails pulled right now. Somebody fucked up the op or they were told the train would stop. Antifa maybe?

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spanish inquisition spieslikeus Feb 1, 2018 7:44 AM Permalink

I want to know if it was a newer high tech drive by wire model truck.

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el buitre spanish inquisition Feb 1, 2018 8:54 AM Permalink

Elon Musk is doing dump trucks?

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. . . _ _ _ . . . spieslikeus Feb 1, 2018 7:54 AM Permalink

Check wreckage for unexploded bomb parts.

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Mustafa Kemal spieslikeus Feb 1, 2018 8:45 AM Permalink

#releasethecoronersreport

Williambonzai7?

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Déjà view boattrash Feb 1, 2018 7:14 AM Permalink

Lovely coroner post mortem image...

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ItsAllBollocks boattrash Feb 1, 2018 7:22 AM Permalink

... more info please.

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boattrash ItsAllBollocks Feb 1, 2018 7:30 AM Permalink

Just knocking off work now, Perusing this, picked up link here on the hedge, but not sure what ZHr to credit...

https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/qanon?src=hashtag_click

Havn't found anything else yet.

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Bubba Rum Das boattrash Feb 1, 2018 9:02 AM Permalink

"Clark County Nevada Coroner John Fudenberg is defying a court order to release the full autopsy report for Paddock - even though Paddock's body was cremated in December."

Because it's all just another FBI Gun Grabber Scam, Just like Sandy Hook, but they fucked this one up even worse; ineptitude to the point of ridiculousness to the point of major RETARDATION on the behalf of the 30 FBI Agents who checked into the Mandalay Bay the day before the 'Event'. Period.

The evidence speaks for itself as to this fact!

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gatorengineer ItsAllBollocks Feb 1, 2018 7:38 AM Permalink

There is no new Qanon drop on 8chan

https://8ch.net//greatawakening/res/1.html#29\

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charlewar SoilMyselfRotten Feb 1, 2018 7:18 AM Permalink

it's only taxpayer money, so who cares?

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HowdyDoody charlewar Feb 1, 2018 7:45 AM Permalink

It is also less than the price of a bottle of 1841 vintage Veuve Cliquot champagne.

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lester1 SoilMyselfRotten Feb 1, 2018 7:45 AM Permalink

Yea, the corrupt FBI are doing a massive cover up.

Still NO video security videos showing Paddock !! 🤔

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bluez SoilMyselfRotten Feb 1, 2018 8:07 AM Permalink

NEVER EVER CONSENT TO A CREMATION. AND ALWAYS DEMAND AN AUTOPSY. SEND CERTIFIED RETURN RECEIPT LETTERS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES (VIA AN ATTORNEY IF POSSIBLE) STATING THAT YOU INSIST ON NEVER HAVING A CREMATION.

It's the cheapest and best life insurance.

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Bigly SoilMyselfRotten Feb 1, 2018 9:42 AM Permalink

Of course. He's bought.

Immediately arrest him

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WOWurstupid WTFRLY Feb 1, 2018 8:00 AM Permalink

moronati gonna moron

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MFL5591 BennyBoy Feb 1, 2018 9:31 AM Permalink

Maybe the reason is that they do not have one because the whole ridiculous story was another Government fraud on the public?

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philipat BidnessMan Feb 1, 2018 6:56 AM Permalink

There are reasonable suggestions that the body found in Paddock's room was not Paddock (Ear lobes, eye color, height discrepancies etc.) Which might explain why"the body" was cremated quickly without explicit approval by the family. It might also explain why they are not in a hurry to release the autopsy report. This whole Las Vegas thing smells to high heaven. Unlike the JFK assassination, however, there is a LOT of information on the internet, including a lot of items deleted by the usual suspects. They seem to think that by just ignoring everything and stonewalling, eventually the attention will fade and the "lone wolf gunman" theory will become the accepted narartive. Somehow I doubt that this time?

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Jon_Locke philipat Feb 1, 2018 7:33 AM Permalink

Given that we now know for a fact that the FBI is fully corrupted and now this guy's body being cremated, I am fully convinced that a lot of cover-up is going on, Leftists don't want it to be public knowledge the killer was a hard leftist. Imagine the impact it will have if that comes to light.

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rwe2late Jon_Locke Feb 1, 2018 9:34 AM Permalink

You claim to know

what "leftists" want. Are you one?

How do you know, as you claim with certainty, that the "killer was a hard leftist"?

Why are you so ready to dismiss other possibilities?

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44magnum philipat Feb 1, 2018 7:47 AM Permalink

Did they send it to china for cremation ?

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Got The Wrong No 44magnum Feb 1, 2018 8:51 AM Permalink

They dropped it in the ocean next to Bin Ladin.

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lester1 philipat Feb 1, 2018 7:48 AM Permalink

Aaron Rouse, head of the FBI in Las Vegas was tasked to do the cover up of this failed deep state operation!

Wheres the hotel security videos showing Paddock ??

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kralizec lester1 Feb 1, 2018 8:28 AM Permalink

FIB destroyed it, easier to dodge an obstruction charge than an accomplice charge...

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CatInTheHat philipat Feb 1, 2018 9:45 AM Permalink

You're right. Also Paddock's tattoo on his neck in prior photos missing on crime scene photos. Total false flag gone completely wrong.

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Scanderbeg Fireman Feb 1, 2018 9:01 AM Permalink

The new "person of interest" named a few days ago also worked for the MIC

Paddock is a Fed or an informant and this was either one of their own going "resistance" or some kind of botched gun deal that was hijacked into a terrorist attack.

And that's why it's being covered up.

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Infinite QE Feb 1, 2018 6:41 AM Permalink

Surprised they didn't just dump the body in the ocean or something. The Bin Langley way.

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UnitedStatesof… Infinite QE Feb 1, 2018 6:44 AM Permalink

bonus points/like for "Bin Langley."

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John Kich UnitedStatesof… Feb 1, 2018 6:46 AM Permalink

Worst is yet to come..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ShBehr1LI

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. . . _ _ _ . . . John Kich Feb 1, 2018 6:53 AM Permalink

*edit
see above

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philipat Infinite QE Feb 1, 2018 7:07 AM Permalink

Except, of course, in the case of Bin Langley there was no body to dump.

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Infinite QE philipat Feb 1, 2018 7:09 AM Permalink

Of course there was `a' body. Probably a member of the SEAL team who wouldn't go along with the charade and the suitcase full of 100's that went along with it.

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Muirchertach Infinite QE Feb 1, 2018 8:00 AM Permalink

There likely is no body; nobody died; classified training exercise cast as reality, like Sandy Hook, Boston, Nice, etc.

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Ruth116 Infinite QE Feb 1, 2018 8:33 AM Permalink

Or mix up the bodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Qt6a-vaNM

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Robert Trip Feb 1, 2018 6:44 AM Permalink

It's that single gunshot to the back of the head that still hasn't quite been squared with the cause of death being by suicide.

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new game Robert Trip Feb 1, 2018 6:53 AM Permalink

and then there this guy named seth....

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UnitedStatesof… Robert Trip Feb 1, 2018 7:01 AM Permalink

Gary Webb (RIP) resembles that remark but he "committed suicide" by shooting himself in the back of the head with a pistol at least 2-3 times.

edit: "committed suicide" after outing Bill Clinton for Clinton's role in cocaine trafficking while governor of Arkansas.

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