True Crime: The Nigel Bom Autopsy is Finally Released
Months since her brother was found in his New Brighton flat, Krystal and family are told the likely cause of Nigel's death. Would this confirm Krystal's worst fears or raise more questions?
On 31 March 2021, the day after Nigel Bom’s body was found in his New Brighton flat, a specialist forensic pathologist Leslie M. Anderson examined him in the Christchurch Hospital mortuary to determine the cause of his death.
At the time, the family had no reason not to believe the Police’s line that Nigel’s death had been the result of a medical event. This made sense. Nigel had been prone to severe, violent epileptic fits.
Over the days, weeks and months that followed, the Police did not waver, at least publicly in communications with his sister Krystal, from this conclusion. Only the full autopsy and toxicology reports could answer a simple question: what had happened to Nigel. The family’s wait would progress through the Christchurch wintertime.
During the interlude, Krystal’s work had unearthed a laundry list of clues in the flat, amongst his supposed friends and acquaintances, and a fragmented account of his life before he was discovered dead.
On 9 September, forensic toxicologist Wendy Popplewell concluded her toxicology report, and on or around 10 to 13 September 2021, both the report and Anderson’s full autopsy were released to the Bom family.
The following paragraphs discuss the Anderson’s autopsy and conclusions and draw upon the toxicology report.
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