Autopsy hints Reuters journalist was murdered

ISLAMABAD: Two out of three forensics experts, who performed an autopsy on the body of a foreign wire journalist, suspected she was likely murdered possibly by strangulation.
Maria Golovnina, 34, the Pakistan and Afghanistan Bureau chief for foreign news wire Reuters died on Monday. She was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save her, Reuters said in a statement.
“Some marks on the deceased’s neck along with bluish discoloration of nails, lips, and heels point to what could be suspected as ‘struggle’ immediately before death but it will be premature to say anything before a laboratory analysis,” sources quoted one of the experts on a three-member medical board.
On the contrary, one of the experts did not agree with his co-panelists.Dr Javed Ikram, Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), told a private TV channel that it would take at least a week for the pathologist to complete the tissue and chemical analysis of the samples collected by the medical board.
Dr Ikram, who confirmed there were bruise marks on her feet/heels, however, refused to comment on whether the marks on the neck of late Golovnina were of stragulation.“I can’t say anything about it. Let the experts find out what caused her death,” he said adding, “There were no rope marks on her wrists.”