In 1995, Globe stirred up considerable controversy by publishing Tejano superstar Selena autopsy photos. South Texas retailers quickly yanked copies of Globe from store shelves after discovering the tabloid had printed the photos.
Six color pictures snapped by a police photographer from the autopsy of 23 year old were in the Nov. 14 issue delivered to local stores. The article was headlined Shot in the Back and Dramatic autopsy photos reveal innocent beauty was gunned down by lying coward.
Selena was fatally shot March 31 at a Corpus Christi motel by former fan club president Yolanda Saldivar.
In 1997, it stirred up similar controversy when it published the autopsy pictures of JonBenet Ramsey. It was taken off stands in a number of stores in Boulder, Colorado, where the child beauty queen was found strangled and beaten in her family basement in December 1996.
One boulder merchant claimed people had the right to read what they pleased, and gave away the twenty copies he had in stock. The family of JonBenet was outraged and stated we will never lay an eye on that copy of the paper.
An autopsy also known as a post mortem examination, necropsy, autopsia cadaverum, or obduction is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present.
Autopsies are either performed for legal or medical purposes. For example, a forensic autopsy is carried out when the cause of death may be a criminal matter, while a clinical or academic autopsy is performed to find the medical cause of death and is used in cases of unknown or uncertain death, or for research purposes.
Autopsies can be further classified into cases where external examination suffices, and those where the body is dissected and internal examination is conducted. Permission from next of kin may be required for internal autopsy in some cases. Once an internal autopsy is complete the body is reconstituted by sewing it back together.
The term autopsy derives from the Ancient Greek autopsia, to see for oneself. Around 3,000 BC, the ancient Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to practice the removal and examination of the internal organs of humans in the religious practice of mummification.
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