Traces of a compound of hemoglobin and carbon monoxide were found in the blood of Russian journalist Inessa Papernaya, who died in a hotel in Tashkent, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Uzbekistan reported.
“According to the preliminary conclusion of a forensic chemical examination, traces of carboxyhemoglobin (59%), ethyl alcohol (1.36%) and hydrogen sulfide were found in the blood and internal organs of the deceased Papernaya,” quotes representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Uzbekistan RIA Novosti.
The investigation and forensic medical examinations in the case are ongoing, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office added.
Previously, Papernoy’s mother named gas poisoning as the preliminary cause of her death.
In connection with the death of a Russian journalist, a criminal case has been opened in Uzbekistan under the article “Performing work or providing services that do not meet safety requirements.”
RT previously talked about the details of Papernaya’s death.
At the end of October, Papernaya’s body was found in a hotel room in Tashkent. According to available data, death was the result of “poisoning of unknown etiology.”
Source: russian.rt.com
