He was later pronounced dead at the hospital. After a two-day snake hunt, investigators found it run over by cars a short distance from Thompson’s vehicle.
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Photographer Amy Bickel took this recent picture of James Grant Thompson, who posed with a lemur. The first responders also reportedly found “several” containers inside the vehicle, one of which houses a live snake.
A Temple teenager who died in a SUV earlier this year committed suicide by letting a deadly monocle cobra repeatedly bite him, according to the autopsy report obtained by KCEN-HD sister station KVUE. The coroner determined that the Texas teen showed no sign of ever attempting to pull away from the monocled cobra as it punctured his skin and bit him. Marijuana and amphetamines were also discovered in Thompson’s body.
The cobra’s venom caused paralysis leading to respiratory failure and death.
Troubled: Thompson also had a ‘history of suicidal ideation, ‘ according to the report.
Thompson had been an employee of his family’s pet store and was a known reptile lover.
The cobra was found days later near an interstate, according to USA Today.
An obituary for Thompson said that he “had a unique spirit and focused vision of accomplishing his dream to own Fish Bowl Pet Express”. She purchased the business in 2013 when its owners made a decision to retire.
Before he was found, Thompson posted a message on Facebook that read “I’m sorry”. He died at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center after going into cardiac arrest. “He was always eager to share his animals with his friends, family, neighbors, Sunday School class and anyone he could”, the obituary said.
“Animals were a passion of his”, Seleese Thompson-Mann, 51, said.
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‘They are blessed and strengthened by the outpouring of love and the peace of the knowledge of how many people Grant’s life touched.
