Student autopsy report edited – CharlotteObserver.com

examiner has redacted any reference to prior mental illness in the autopsy report of a fraternity president shot by Archdale police in August.

Guilford County Medical Examiner Gordon Arnold had initially listed “depression” as a contributing condition to the suicide threat that led to the shooting death of Court land Smith, 21.

But Chief Medical Examiner John Butts crossed out that word Wednesday, along with the words “alcoholism” and “depression” under Smith’s medical history. “No prior history of depression or alcoholism,” Butts wrote. Story continues here ➤