Scalia was part of a private group of 36 people in a long Valentine’s-Presidents’ Day weekend blue quail hunting vacation, courtesy of ranch owner John B. Poindexter, a Houston billionaire and Democrat donor.
Scalia arrived at the resort around noon on Friday, Feb. 12, and was vital and in good spirits at dinner that evening. When he didn’t appear for breakfast Saturday, resort owner John Poindexter went to his room to check on him and found him dead, “with a pillow over his head.”
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It is not uncommon for people to sleep with a pillow or pillows above one’s head. As an example, I sleep on a pillow and with 3 pillows behind and above my head. So, even assuming Poindexter’s clarification is true — that he saw a pillow above, not over, Scalia’s head — why would Poindexter make a special note of that to mySA (My San Antonio)?
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Why did Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara, who is not a medical professional, pronounce Scalia had died of natural causes without a physician or medical examiner examining the body? How on earth did Guevara know? (Guevara said “law enforcement” officers at the scene, who are also not medical professionals, told her there was no foul play.)
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara
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Why was there no autopsy of the body of a Supreme Court justice who died hundreds of miles away from home? Detectives say it is standard operating procedure to treat such deaths as homicides, until proven otherwise.
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When exactly did Scalia die? On the night of February 12 or in the early morning of February 13? (We’ll never know the answer to that question because there was no autopsy.)
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Why was Scalia’s body so quickly embalmed, less than 24 hours after it had been found?
The next questions stem from the investigative reporting conducted by independent investigative journalist Wayne Madsen, who is in West Texas looking into Scalia’s death. (Madsen’s first report from West Texas is “Forget the eulogies of Scalia; Why was he on a free tip to a swanky resort?,” Feb. 19, 2016; his second report is “No country for old Supreme Court justices,” Feb. 21, 2016. Both reports are for subscribers only.)
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Was Scalia’s freebie private charter plane to and stay at Poindexter’s ranch a case of payback and conflict of interest? Scalia had found in favor of Poindexter in an age discrimination case (Hinga, James V. Mic Group) against Poindexter’s company before the Supreme Court last year. Although Poindexter was adamant that he did not pay for Scalia’s air travel to the Cibolo Creek airport on a private executive jet, Madsen says other reports indicated that Scalia’s air travel was provided gratis by Poindexter.
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Who was Scalia’s “friend” who accompanied him from Washington?
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Who were the other 34 fully comped guests in Scalia’s group? Why are their identities a closely-guarded secret?
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Why is every major “player” in Scalia’s death a Democrat? — ranch owner John Poindexter; county judge Cinderela Guevara; and Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez, who is described by his challenger in the upcoming Democratic primary election, former deputy sheriff Caesar Melendez, as incompetent and owned-and-operated by special interests in the county.
Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez
Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez
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Why did Dominguez, et al., violate Texas law and county procedures in Scalia’s death? Melendez said Sheriff Dominguez had violated all standard Presidio County procedures in the death of Scalia: Scalia’s room was not quarantined as a potential crime scene nor was an in-person inquest conducted. Melendez said even dead Mexican migrants found in the desert received better treatment than Scalia.
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Why was Scalia’s body taken to a funeral home 3½-hours’ drive away in El Paso, when there are two funeral homes much closer to the ranch?
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If Scalia had been in poor health, why did his physician permit him to travel to a remote ranch where guests are required to sign a liability waiver because of the lack of nearby medical facilities?
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Given all the above, why did Scalia’s family insist there be no autopsy on his body and demonize legitimate questions as “conspiracy theories”? Are they not interested in the truth of how and why their beloved husband, father, and grandfather died?