An autopsy summary released Monday for 72-year-old Lich Vu concludes that his immediate cause of death was metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma, while also flagging earlier blunt-force trauma as a significant contributing factor. The Medical Examiner lists additional contributors including type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and classifies the manner of death as “unknown.” Officials say only the summary has been made public so far, with the full autopsy expected by the end of March.
Medical examiner cites cancer, flags prior trauma
According to KOKH, the summary identifies metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma as Vu’s cause of death and lists type 2 diabetes, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and “remote blunt force…..