The autopsy began early Friday, a day after Prince’s death stunned the world.
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Sheriff Olson stated that the Carver County Sheriff’s Office did not receive and medical calls to Prince’s Paisley Park’s residence that involved the singer in the past year.
Authorities say there were no signs of trauma on Prince’s body when he was found unresponsive at his home, and that suicide isn’t suspected in the musician’s death.
Photos obtained by the paper show Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, her son Prez and another family member apparently shepherding his ashes into a auto after the four-hour-long service. Staff members from Paisley Park had been unable to contact Prince yesterday morning and went to check on him. He confirmed that officers “found an unresponsive male in the elevator, CPR was initially started but unsuccessful”.
The coroner who performed an autopsy on singer Prince’s body has ruled out suicide, saying there were no obvious signs of trauma.
Sheriff Jim Olsen held a press conference today in Carver County, Minn., to discuss the ongoing investigation surrounding the pop icon’s passing. “Gathering results will take several days and the results of a full toxicology scan could likely take weeks”.
Medical officials are still investigating and compiling Prince’s medical records. No cause of death has been released. Larson said the singer was on stage briefly and spoke to the crowd before standing by the sound board for 20 minutes and then disappearing for the night.
Prince was last seen alive at 8 p.m. on Wednesday when he was dropped off at Paisley Park, his home and recording studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
He was cremated after his body was released to his family on Friday afternoon, following a post-mortem examination, the Sunday Mirror said. Doctors reportedly gave him a “save shot”, which the website said is used to counteract the effects of an opiate.
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TMZ reports that Prince overdosed on the powerful painkiller Percocet days before his death, requiring a “save shot” at the airport in Moline, Illinois where his plane made an emergency. “I can’t dispel them all”, Olson said.
