DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — After a Duke nurse was killed in her Durham apartment in September, an autopsy has revealed her cause of death.
According to a report from the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Officer, Auriel Lowe died as a result of being strangled to death.
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The report states 31-year-old Christopher Whitley, who has been charged with murder in connection with Lowe’s death, strangled her. Afterward, the report states, he called his brother and then FaceTimed an ex-girlfriend, showing her Lowe’s body.
911 calls obtained by CBS 17 laid out the disturbing moments leading up to the police standoff with Whitley — who had allegedly barricaded himself inside the apartment…