Overview
- Lawyers say not all 40 victims were autopsied and some were buried, raising the prospect of exhumations to determine precise causes of death.
- A late-ordered autopsy for 17-year-old Trystan confirmed death by smoke intoxication after his funeral was postponed and then held on Friday.
- Italy’s ambassador said none of the six Italian victims were autopsied in Switzerland as Rome’s prosecutor requested access to the bodies.
- An Italian police report noted 34 bodies found piled at the foot of a stairway in the bar, and said death certificates for Italians did not state a cause.
- The criminal inquiry targets the bar’s owners for negligent homicide, with preliminary findings citing sparks from ‘fontaine’ candles igniting acoustic foam and the male co-owner held pending possible release on CHF 200,000 bail.