Practices forensic medicine in san francisco and the author of the book working stiff. good to see you. we also heard that the family members wanted to have their own independent autopsy. while we are awaiting a read or results from that, as we talk about the initial autopsy that has occurred why would it take 30 to 60 days to deliver a report? the amount of time it takes for an autopsy report to be released depends on many different factors. the first of which is the xleex complexity of the case and what the original pathologist found or didn t find at that autopsy. also there will be ancillary testing such as toxicology. most importantly, in any homicide investigation, the autopsy report is evidence. it s going to be restricted just to the investigating agency which is the homicide division so that it doesn t, by its release, alter people s