Medical examiner: Florida man died from meth overdose before his body was eaten by alligator.
"It is my opinion that Michael Glenn Ford II died as a result of a methamphetamine intoxication," District Medical Examiner Stephen Nelson wrote in an autopsy report obtained by NBC News on Thursday."The manner of death is accident."
The report took note of the"traumatic" amputations Ford's body had suffered at his left forearm and right foot. Nelson found that those injuries were likely postmortem. "The decedent's injuries and amputations lack sufficient associated blood to suggest they were made while alive," according to Nelson's report.
Ford was nude when he was discovered, but his clothes were not found at his nearby car or at the scene, officials said.David K. Li
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