Man who died in Mexico flown home ‘without brain, stomach and heart’

news.com.au | Feb 1 2019 | Adrianna Zappavigna

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The body of a Korean man who died in Mexico of “natural causes” has been flown home with missing organs, prompting his widow to speak out.

The 35-year-old (known only as Mr Kim) leaves behind two children and a wife, who claims there was nothing natural about her husband’s cause of death…

Her fears of a cover-up were amplified when she demanded a second autopsy be performed on January 21 by the Korean National Forensic Service.

A forensic scientist told her there were signs of external injury and bruising on her husband’s body. He was also missing his brain and stomach. The NFS could not determine the cause of his death due to the missing organs.

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