Famend forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht — identified for his work on high-profile circumstances equivalent to JonBenét Ramsey and JFK‘s assassination — has died.
The Administrative Workplace of Pennsylvania Courts introduced the previous Allegheny County health worker’s loss of life Monday … saying in an announcement he introduced “consolation and justice for numerous grieving and victimized households across the globe” by way of his work.
Wecht carried out roughly 21,000 autopsies and round 42,000 postmortem examinations throughout his long-standing profession.
Famously, he was a vocal critic of the Warren Fee report … which concluded Lee Harvey Oswald alone was liable for President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Clearly, Wecht was the go-to man in forensic pathology ‘trigger he additionally consulted on circumstances such because the Manson household murders — in addition to the circumstances of Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Cobain, Elvis Presley, O.J Simpson, and extra.
Wecht started his acclaimed profession after acquiring a regulation diploma from the College of Maryland and a medical diploma from the College of Pittsburgh — the latter the place he held a college place.
He additionally based the Pittsburgh Institute of Authorized Medication and the Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science … AND taught at Duquesne for 60 years.
Wecht is survived by his spouse Sigrid, 4 kids, and 11 grandkids.
He was 93. RIP.
