Upset over Carradine body photo

[BlueJessamine]

Source: BBC News

The family of Kill Bill star David Carradine has said it is "profoundly disturbed" after images of the actor's body were printed in a Thai newspaper.

The leaked pictures, which Thai police said are probably forensic photos, reportedly show the actor's body in the Thai hotel room where he died.

His half-brother, actor Keith Carradine, threatened legal action against any "invasions of privacy".

He has also called on the FBI to intervene in the investigation.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8087943.stm

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The image shows Carradine hanging, although does censor some of the more explicit parts of the shot.

A screen shot of the The Thai Rath newspaper can be viewed here:

http://www.inquisitr.com/25420/family-outraged-over-publication-of-david-carradine-death-photo/

On the web:

Second Autopsy Critical in Carradine Death

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/07/david-carradine-second-autopsy/

"The second autopsy of David Carradine's body will be conducted in a matter of days, and two issues are on the line -- cause of death and life insurance."

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-- the notion behind auto-erotica is that oxygen is restricted to heighten orgasm, but the subject generally has a ladder, stool or something like it to restore oxygen. The photo does not show a ladder or stool, but the body is almost in a sitting position. We do not know if any items were moved before the picture was taken.

One of the biggest mysteries -- the photo in the Thai newspaper shows that Carradine's hands are tied above his head (which we reported Friday), yet Thai police say no one was with him in the room. The question -- how's that possible?

[w4rma]

1. His hands were tied together above his head? Hmm. (nt)

[BlueJessamine]

2. Time for the F.B.I. to investigate. n/t.

[uppityperson]

4. If he was standing up, not slumped as he was, they would have been reachable by his mouth

They weren't above his reach when he was alive. I looked at the picture and it was of his back, slumped down but still suspended by his hands. Unless there is more to it than that picture indicated (couldn't tell who it was, wasn't bloody or graphic by the way), he could have easily tied his hands and tightened it with his mouth.

I hoe they get to the bottom of this, do the second autopsy and then put him to rest as he needs to be remembered by his life, not by his death.

RIP grasshopper

[Frank Cannon]

20. Waitaminnut. I thought this guy was, um, pleasuring himself.

How do you do that with your hands tied above your head?

Maybe I don't want to know.

[uppityperson]

21. Stand up.Put your hands together in front of your face, perhaps on a

bookshelf. Hold onto that shelf and slump down, let your legs relax, go limp, as they would if you passed out. Your hands are now above your head.

As far as "pleasuring himself", that involves strings tied here and there to other things also. And why do I know all this? Have friends who talk about their sexuality, plus read about this way back in a pathology class when a couple men were found in similarly trussed position in a river. Note to self, do not do this when you are lying on a river bank.

[wisteria]

3. It is just so disrepectful and wrong to have even printed that picture.

And, with the picture showing his hands tied after the Thai police said they weren't makes one wonder who is trying to cover something up here.
It is a shame that a man who believed in peace and harmony should be treated so badly in death.

[truthisfreedom]

5. Not going to look.

[barbtries]

6. ditto

and i look at a lot. i will pass on this.

[onehandle]

8. Me either. If I want shock headlines and images, I'll go to Huffington Post.

I have no idea why stuff like this is allowed in LBN.

[peacetalksforall]

9. No, I also won't look. It is too easy to have the memory of an image floating around. Better to

remember the man and his career, not his suspicious death image

[Javaman]

18. exactly. me neither. one can't "unsee" something. nt

[dbonds]

7. I don't want to view the photo's.

I feel like I have invaded his privacy just by knowing it might be auto-erotic asphyxiation. I'll wait on the investigation to tell me what really happened. I'm was a fan of his - from Kung foo and circle of iron, to kill bill.

[NewAgeThinker]

10. Not Good

The pics were leaked?

This is an invasion of privacy

But FBI should investigate!

[wisteria]

11. I refuse to look at the picture. n/t

[madaboutharry]

12. I think the photo is a hoax.

I don't believe that is him. And that is not a room in a luxury hotel, it is a dive.

There is no need to look, but I will bet the photo is a fake.

[madaboutharry]

17. Now I don't know what to think.

It is all so disturbing. Poor man.

[RufusH]

13. I won't look at it, and I'm bothered that anyone would post a link to it here.

[burrowowl]

14. I hope the FBI

Takes the case. Thai sex workers can be very aggressive.

[Raine]

15. Sad that even when you're dead

you can't have any peace. :-(

[Javaman]

19. Look up what happened to Ted Williams some time.

we live in a sick society.

But then again who would have thought the US capable of torture 10 years ago?

We have sank so far down the rabbit hole there is no more light coming from above.

[Coventina]

16. Sad. The newspapers who publish such things should be ashamed.

I'm sure they are not, but they should be.

My condolences and support to the family.