JEANNIE NUSS
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August 20, 2012
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Autopsy: Death of handcuffed man in Ark. a suicide

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An autopsy report released today lists the death of a man shot in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in an Arkansas patrol car as a suicide. The state crime lab report, signed by three medical examiners, said the muzzle of a gun was placed against the right side of 21-year-old Chavis Carter’s head when it was fired. Jonesboro police released the report to The Associated Press and other news organizations under a Freedom of Information Act request. The report said the manner of death was ruled a suicide based on autopsy …

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