Comments on: Michael White Drowned: Autopsy

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SeoulPodcast » Blog Archive » Episode 12: You Can Kiss My Kimchi — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:57:06 +0000

[...] Michael White Drowned: Autopsy [...]

By: keith

keith — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:11:15 +0000

I too smell a cover up.

Again, sympathies to the family.

By: swlee

swlee — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:57:39 +0000

Everyone who knew him said he had a big heart. This autopsy proves nothing new! Shame on the police.
The people in the sauna said he had everything from big hands, big feet, to a big nose, depending on whichever urban myth they choose to believe in. But this information was not included in the police report or the autopsy.
Justice in this country is a joke.

By: jtb-in-texas

jtb-in-texas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:58:50 +0000

One wonders whether he was killed by some drunken adjushi who was frustrated at something else and just decided to drown the nearest miguk?

Or was he a fat kid whose heart stopped when he entered water that was too hot or too cold?

I don’t think we’ll ever really know…

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:53:22 +0000

I don’t want to defend the Korean police here, and I feel
terrible for Ms. White, but I thought the reactions of portions
of the foreign community verged on unreasonable hysteria on this
one. I understand that people want justice, they want an answer
and they don’t want to die in front of a bunch of Koreans who
don’t try to help them because they’re a foreigner. But in the
process of attempting to get answers people were starting to
suggest that a room full of Koreans in Daegu murdered this poor
kid. It’s the flip side to all this anti-Korean, “justice”-seeking
anger that a lot of the foreign community totes around.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:41:09 +0000

Not informing the family but the media first is a sign of disrespect if not their attitude regarding their job.

Shame on the police!

By: slim

slim — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:24:27 +0000

The odd thing is, according to Ms. White, the police released the autopsy results to the media before they gave them to her.

Media are an important player in whatever whitewash the authorities may have in mind.

By: andy-in-japan

andy-in-japan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:21:29 +0000

My best wishes for the mother in all of this. It just gets crueler.

Is the US embassy going to make themselves useful and get a real autopsy done in the USA?

I know they won’t, but good grief, this case just screams for intervention by the Feds.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:39:02 +0000

The Dave’s link is here: http://forums.eslcafe.com/kore.....p?t=125277

By: hitest

hitest — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:55:27 +0000

Again, my sympathies to his friends and family.

Call me a cynic, but I think I would have an independent autopsy done in the States to confirm the findings, but as I understand, they don’t release the organs so perhaps it would not be useful to do so.