EXCLUSIVE: Gary Coleman Death Under Investigation
Posted on Jun 02, 2010 @ 01:43PM
The body of Diff'rent Strokes star Gary Coleman has been turned over to Utah’s state medical examiners office for investigation, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Janet Frank, a spokeswoman for Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, confirmed the official cause of death was now under investigation by the state’s coronial authority.
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“The state medical examiners office looks at cases to determine answers to questions,” Frank told RadarOnline.com.
Coleman’s estranged parents have demanded answers about what happened to put their son in a coma and ultimately forced his removal from life support.
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Frank would not elaborate further on the case, other to confirm that Coleman’s body has been transported from Provo to Salt Lake City.
A spokesperson for The Office of the Medical Examiner refused to comment about its investigation.
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Previously, authorities -- citing the wishes of Coleman’s wife Shannon Price -- wouldn’t reveal what occurred in the actor's Santaquin, Utah, home last Wednesday evening, that led to him suffering a brain hemorrhage.
But Santaquin Police tell RadarOnline.com they have ruled out criminality in the famed child actor’s death.
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“There will be no investigation because I don’t think we felt there was a need for one,” a spokesperson said Wednesday.
“Our officers went out to the home and there was nothing suspicious, so there is no need to look into the death.”
And in the police report, just released, the first officer who arrived at Coleman’s house said he observed "nothing suspicious" about the scene.
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Officer K Johnson, from the Santaquin Police Department, wrote that Price greeted him at the front door, but wouldn't accompany him to her injured husband because she didn't want to "see the blood on the floor."
When he rushed to Coleman, the actor couldn't remember how he injured his head.
In a chilling 911 call released Wednesday, Price tells a call dispatcher: "I really don't know what happened... there's a lot of blood on the floor.... there's blood all over... and I can't do anything."
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RadarOnline.com has also learned the investigation is preventing Coleman’s family from finalizing a date for his memorial.
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Jun 03, 2010 @ 14:53
If they had been divorced since 2008, why was she still living with him? Was he THAT desperate? She looks like an orangutang.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 6:04pm
Something in her 911 call just does not sound right. I am curious they say her dad was with them until Gary passed, was he also at the house? If so why didn't her dad go get her food order?? The pieces are all over the place.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:36pm
Oh there's nothing suspicious about a guy knocked out on the floor with blood gushing from his head. Ok, cops.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:29pm
As the wife who had previously had a domestic violence charge lodged against her loomed over the injured Gary...nah, not suspicious at all!
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 7:00pm
It's very clear she struck him with something very heavy and then watched him almost die. A few days later he was brain dead and she finished him off then. The 911 tape says it all.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:12pm
There's a baseball bat out there with his blood on it...guaranteed.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:02pm
Why didn't his parents care about him like this while he was alive? Now they step up after he is gone? In lots of ways they were responsible for killing a part of him inside when they stole from him and deceived and used him.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:00pm
I agree.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 7:01pm
Children are not always a blessing and further, neither are some parents. Just because you birth them doesn't make it your life long mission to take abuse from them. The parents in this matter were never convicted of stealing from him either.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:15pm
That is so very true, and they always tried through the years to contact him. You can not open doors when the others party keeps them locked!! Gary had serious issues, perhaps due to his illness.
Posted Wed, 06/02/2010 - 5:39pm