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Homicide Commander Says Scalia Death Is “Fishy” Amid Murder Rumors

A former homicide commander from Washington, DC has said that something “fishy” is going on surrounding the death of US Supreme Justice Antonin Scalia.  Conspiracy theories about the murder of Scalia have gone viral after it emerged the judge had been found dead in his home with a pillow covering his face, with some claiming President Obama to be responsible for his death. William O. Richie, a former head of criminal investigations in the capital’s police department, has raised serious questions in the unusual way authorities handled the 79-year-old’s death over the weekend. Dailymail.co.uk reports: Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara announced the veteran jurist died of natural causes, without seeing the body and without ordering an autopsy. Scalia’s personal doctor, Brian Monahan, has revealed he had a history of heart problems, high blood pressure and had been too weak to undergo a recent surgery. But it didn’t stop a flurry of conspiracy theories about what happened, including a scathing account by Ritchie. According to the Washington Post, he wrote: ‘You have a Supreme Court Justice who died, not in attendance of a physician, ‘You have a non-homicide trained US Marshal tell the justice of peace that no foul play was observed. ‘You [...]