US Justice Antonin Scalia’s cause of death could take days, judge says
February 14, 2016 - 2:28 pm
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, in this file photo taken September 17, 2012. Scalia, 79, was found dead on Saturday in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported, citing a U.S. district court judge. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at an event sponsored by the Federalist Society at the New York Athletic Club in New York October 13, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is seen during a group portrait in the East Conference Room at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, in this file photo taken October 8, 2010. Scalia, 79, was found dead on Saturday in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported, citing a U.S. district court judge. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files
MARFA, Texas — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia‘s cause of death will not be officially determined for several days, the top official in the Texas county where Scalia died during a hunting trip said on Sunday.
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara said in an interview that she had misspoken when she told local television station WFAA-TV that Scalia‘s death certificate would list the cause of death as a heart attack.
There will be no autopsy performed on Scalia, a source familiar with the case confirmed to CNN. The decision for no autopsy was made both by the family and the Texas Justice of the Peace, the source said.
