{"id":66842,"date":"2016-02-14T23:09:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T04:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=66842"},"modified":"2016-02-14T23:17:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T04:17:39","slug":"justice-scalia-found-dead-with-pillow-over-his-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/justice-scalia-found-dead-with-pillow-over-his-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Scalia Found Dead With ‘Pillow Over His Head’"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEXAS — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in his sleep from a reported heart attack in the early morning of February 13<\/a> after a day of quail hunting at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Shafter, Texas. His body was found by ranch owner John Poindexter.<\/p>\n

“We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled,” Poindexter reportedly said.<\/p>\n

From MySA.com: “He was lying very restfully. It looked like he had not quite awakened from a nap,” he said.<\/em>
\n Scalia,79, did not have a pulse and his body was cold, and after consulting with a doctor at a hospital in Alpine, Poindexter concluded resuscitation would have been futile, He then contacted federal authorities, at first encountering a series of answering services because he was calling on a weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Ultimately they became available and handled it t superbly. They flew in by helicopter. They told me to secure the ranch, which I did until this morning,” he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Officials have said the\u00a0cause of death is a heart attack and an autopsy will not be performed.<\/p>\n

His sudden death<\/a> leaves eight justices remaining on the Supreme Court, split 4\u20134 between being fairly conservative and fairly liberal, during a heated presidential election year.<\/p>\n

President Obama has stated that he will appoint Justice Scalia’s successor in “due time”. Scalia’s death marks only the second time in sixty years a justice has died before retiring from the Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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