LEWISTON, Maine – The gunman who killed 18 men and women in Lewiston, Maine very likely died 8-12 hrs in advance of he was located, in accordance to the Maine Chief Health-related Examiner.
Robert Card, 40, was uncovered useless of a gunshot wound to the head and the fashion of death has been ruled suicide.
“The postmortem interval dependent on rigor mortis and other actual physical indicators reveal Mr. Card was deceased likely 8-12 several hours before getting situated,” the Workplace of the Chief Health-related Examiner reported in a assertion.
Card shot and killed 18 folks and wounded 13 other individuals at a bowling alley and a cafe in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday, October 25. He was observed on Friday, October 27, in the vicinity of a recycling plant in Lisbon, ending a two-day manhunt.
He was identified useless in a trailer in the overflow parking whole lot at the Maine Recycling Company, where by he beforehand worked. Authorities said they had searched the business 2 times before he was identified, but not the overflow great deal.
The Chief Healthcare Examiner said the last report will not be introduced without next of kin authorization, and it might be a number of months just before it is out there.
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