the report including an also concludes lynne spalding's death was an accident. she died in the stairwell as a result of an electro light embalance, and suffering from a clinical sepsis, of chronic alcoholism. spalding was wearing street attire when she was found and she had six electro cardiograms on her body and an introvenous iv in her arm. it says she was admitted to the hospital on september 19th because of weight loss and an altered mental state, also noting two days later she was still confused and didn't know why she was in the hospital. on september 21st, the report notes that spalding was off unit, her belongings were gone but cell will phone was sill in her hospital room, found two and a half weeks later. charles clifford, kron 4 news. >>> and police have identified the man shot by officers after a bank robbery in marin county. and a rash of robberies has police on alert. and a report expected to be release on the fire of the chevron report. what will it say? >>> we'll have some 30s and take a look at your neighborhood and the weekend coming up. >>> th

this is the autopsy report released for 57-year-old lynn spalding. she was found dead at san francisco general hospital 17 da after she was reported missing from her hospital room. the medical examiner's report says spalding died of probable electrolyte imbalance and insepsis. that refers to alcohol which has the spalding family attorney very upset. >> now that they found that it is unnecessary. that is not why this lady died. >> the family was supposed to receive the medical examiner's report before the media. >> i will certainly pursue through various avenues that there will be some investigation to the way this particular case has been handled. whether it is through a regulatory agency or a grand jury. >> some say they are angry because they feel the report blames the victim, saying spalding would still be alive had the hospital not lost her. and they still don't know how spalding died. they helped explain the medical examiner's report. >> it balances in combination with a liver whose inability to compensate for them resulted in a collapse of her h

lynn spalding had access to water, and food, and medical attention inside the san francisco general hospital. when we were told outside the hospital for her means she died of neglect. she starved to death. >> reporter: the spalding family's lawyer also blasted the medical examiner's report.

this is the autopsy report released for 57-year-old lynn spalding. she was found dead at san francisco general hospital 17 days after she was reported missing from her hospital room. the medical examiner's report says spalding died of probable electrolyte imbalance and insepsis. that refers to alcohol which has the spalding family attorney very upset. >> now that they found that it is unnecessary. that is not why this lady died. >> the family was supposed to receive the medical examiner's report before the media. >> i will certainly pursue through various avenues that there will be some investigation to the way this particular case has been handled. whether it is through a regulatory agency or a grand jury. >> some say they are angry because they feel the report blames the victim, saying spalding would still be alive had the hospital not lost her. and they still don't know how spalding died. they helped explain the medical examiner's report. >> it balances in combination with a liver whose inability to compensate for them resulted in a collapse of her

this is the autopsy report released for 57-year-old lynn spalding. e was found dead at san francisco general hospital 17 days after she was reported missing from her hospital room. the medical examiner's report says spalding died of probable electrolyte imbalance and insepsis. that refers to alcohol which has the spalding family attorney very upset. >> now that they found that it is unnecessary. that is not why this lady died. >> the family was supposed to receive the medical examiner's report before the media. >> i will certainly pursue through various avenues that there will be some investigation to the way this particular case has been handled. whether it is through a regulatory agency or a grand jury. >> some say they are angry because they feel the report blames the victim, saying spalding would still be alive had the hospital not lost her. and they still don't know how spalding died. they helped explain the medical examiner's report. >> it balances in combination with a liver whose inability to compensate for them resulted in a collapse of her h

two months after lynne spalding's body was found in a hospital stairwell, we're learning about the moments leading up to her death. good evening, everyone, i'm jess a aguirre. raj is off tonight. not happy with the report, not happy with the way they found out about it and say it doesn't change a thing about her death. the family of a san francisco woman lost and later found dead in a san francisco general hospital stairwell is upset tonight with lynne spalding's autopsy report and intimate details it reveals about her death. the biggest gripe, it may take away the focus from the hospital's mistake. new details tonight on hu she died. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live with more. >> reporter: jessica, the family attorney is very angry tonight. he says the report has no credibility. he says that the report says that they did the autopsy on october 6th when the body was found on october 8th. and he says that's not the only problem the family has with this report. harris represents lynne spalding's children and angry he found out about the medical examiner's report through the media. >> for i

. >> and new information on lynne spalding.the newly released autopsy report says about her death. >>> it has happened again, another gunman opened fire. this one in colorado just eight miles from another school shooter years ago. >> there was scheming. he -- screaming. someone was yelling help me help me we need help. after that it was silent. we hid in the room. we're all scared now. it was all we could do. >> gunman was looking for a specific teacher and was found dead to an apparent self- inflicted gunshot wound. today there was a vigil in san francisco where people are asking why more isn't being done to stop gun violence. >> reporter: they say each school shooting sparking more outrage but never enough outrage. each name, each child lost, a reminder of that horrible day. 26 gunned down at sandy hook elementary. >> we were all so sad about the tragedy but what have we done? >> reporter: not enough according to them. they plan to rally on the steps of city hall. but then news of another shooting. >> today of all days we hav

turn your attention to results of an autopsy just release today two months after lynn spalding's body was found in that stafrwell at sf general hospital. vic? >> this report says lynn spalding did not die from blunt trauma or falling down the stairs into the stairwell as one might think. there are no injuries to the head at least none that the medical examiner could find, but says she died from probable electrolyte imbalance due to chronic history of ethanolism. what that means is that she died from possible liver damage in extreme dehydration causing a person to lose salt and other important body fluids which might cause brain damage or a heart attack. complicated by a history of alcoholism. now, medical examiners often use ethanolism interchange bli with alcoholism she disappeared from her room september 21st after being admitted for a bladder infection. her body found 17 days later in a stairwell. a search by sheriff deputies found, did not find her body though a researcher actually saw her body just days before being found report says that spalding died before she was found. so we

. >> we have details about lynn spalding. died probably electrolyte imbalance due to edge onnalism, better kno -- -- ethanolism. the hospital is rework their security procedures >> the city of millbrae is facing a crisis after six water mains ruptured leaving a thousand homes without fire. there is a mad dash going on to fix what turned out to be a big mess >> water is coming back on from north to south. and crews completed fixing this water main here on helen drive. and aging pipes could be to blame. water rushing down helen drive in the millbrae hills. a 12 inch water main ruptured and six lines burst across the city. leaving neighbors high and dry. >> i haven't been able to get in the shower. it's not nice. >> there is no water at joe gib's house, either. >> my wife asked what there to do about not having water. >> every worker is repairing and replacing pipes the mayor blames the 65-year-old pipe was a 50 year life span. >> this weather has been freezing. >> we want to not rule that out. >> this could leave millbrae with

. >>> the delay in lynn spalding's autopsy results is being blamed on a backlog of cases at the medical examiner's office. just three days ago, 2 investigates learned a city supervise has called for a hearing into the backlog problem. the sheriff's department, which handles security at the hospital, has also launched an internal investigation. a preliminary investigation showed that when spalding first disappeared, the sheriff's department was confused about her race. no one ordered a full search of the opt until nine days after she disappeared. and after some reported that a person -- someone reported that a person was lying in the stairwell, the sheriff's department was told, but the stairwell was never searched. >>> developing news now in colorado, a school shooting leaves two students injured and the student gunman dead. it happened at arapahoe high school in centennial, colorado, south of denver, about 8 miles east of columbine high school in littleton. the shooting today brought back memories of the mass shooting at columbine high in 1999. many people who rushed to the scene said

the report, which includes an autopsy, concludes that lynne spalding's death.. was an accident. it also notes that she probably died "some days before" she was found on october 8th and that when her body was discovered it was in the early stages of decomposition. the medical examiner says she died in the stairwell as a result of an electrolyte imbalance with delirium. she was also suffering from clinical sepsis.. a severe infection. these conditions were apparently the result of spalding's chronic alcoholism. the report also notes that spalding was wearing street attire when she was found and that she had six electrocardiogram pads on her body as well as a bandage and an intravenous access line on her arm. the report also contains details on spalding's treatment at san francisco general. it says she was admitted to the hospital on september 19th because of weight loss and an altered mental status. it also notes that two days later, she was still confused and didn't understand why she was in the hospital. on september 21st, the report notes that spalding was "off unit". her belon

lynn spalding had been missing from her hospital room for weeks by the time she was found. spalding's friends and family are taking issue with the autopsy results. >> 67 days after lynn spalding was found dead, this is what her family has been waiting for. her autopsy report. missing, however, is a key piece of information. when she died. >> the cause of death, if she was out on that stairwell for a couple of hours is very clear. it's neglect on the part of san francisco general and the san francisco sheriff's department. >> the 22 page report says spalding died of an electrolyte imbalance. in other words, she died of severe dehydration. >> she died alone and evidently starved to death or from lack of water on that stairwell. >> report continues by trying to link alcoholism to the dehydration that killed her in the stairwell of building 5. a stairwell that locks from the inside. the report was released this afternoon to news media and not to spalding's two children. family spokesperson questions its timing. >> does the medical examiner think because this report is released

that was david perry a spokesperson for lynne spalding's family. she was found dead.e out yesterday. as you heard live here the family they are not happy the report did not give a time or date for her death. we have the full statement from david perry on the web site. >> a check now of the weather a warm up is in store. >> yes the temperatures now are mainly in the 30s. 35 degrees now in san jose. and low 40s. 31 degrees in concord. as we head into the afternoon we'll see 590s and the 60s. >> and a warm up is on the way and around the bay forecast. monday is the warmest day of the week. we all need up lift and joy. so we're going to talk about the gay men's chorus. they will bring us the holidays like nothing else. we'll talk with the scuff director coming up. the president paid his respects to those who lost their lives one year ago at the massacre at sandy hook school. this is new video in of the president and the first lady lighting candles as a memorial. we get the latest on what the president called the worst day of his presidency. new town was supposed to change

cause of death forever lynn spalding the woman found dead in hospital stairwell after missed for weeki told you earlier tonight we speck with friend who say they are angry at what that autopsy result implied. >> plus more on the huge celebrity wedding i mentioned at pop already san francisco attraction. not everyone is looking forward to that big day this weekend. you will hear from that famous couple and what they told us about their controversial ceremony. those stories and more come up on 7 news 11 on chan. >> i can't wait a minute i'll pay the 14.99 for the. >> pay vaicht i want the experience. >> help pay for the wedding. >> slawchlt these my weekend plan come on over. were yours back up center o'neal had surgery on torn ligament in the right wrist today. could be out for two months which is especially trouble on night when facing dwight howard and the rockets. and nb yachl great king honored for induction in the hall of fame. lynn, back in the house. were yours down early but barns gliding in for the two handed jam here. how about james harden to end the first quarter an this is

attorney haig harris asserted that lynne spalding's death was not related to alcoholism and insisted she died of starvation or dehee duration -- dehydration. he says it dmeanz the memory of this -- demeans the memory of this woman. spalding's body was found in a locked stairwell 17 days after she went missing from her hospital room. the family spokesperson also has denied that spalding has a drinking problem. >>> new training scheduled for firefighters at sfo in the week of the -- wake of the austina crash that -- asiana crash that happened in july. in the wake someone was killed by two emergency vehicles. now getting 40 to 80 hours of instruction next year through the fire training research center, that's happening at the dallas-ft. worth international airport. the center has already given training to 80 of the department's firefighters and paramedics. three commanders in charges of the crash had not undergone that training which is required by federal laws. >>> a marin county judge is ordering convicted serial killer joseph naso to pay up. naso will have to pay the county $170,000 f

the medical examiner says lynn spalding was being treated for alcoholism and likely died after becomingas missing for 17 days before her body was found in a stairwell at that hospital back in october. friends of spalding are far from satisfied with the report and plan to ask for a grand jury investigation. they say the medical examiner failed to conclusively determine how and when she died. >> the calls of lynn spalding's death is neglect and mal fees sans on the part of san francisco general hospital and the san francisco sheriff's department. >> investigators say sheriffs officials did not search that entire hospital for her and received inaccurate information describing her as african american or asian american and as wearing hospital clothing. log on to ktvu.com for continuing coverage of this story. we have posted the entire medical examiner's report so you can read it for yourself. >>> a teenager who is not even old enough to legally drive has been arrest order suspicion of car jacking in oakland. the 13-year-old suspect was taken into custody yesterday morning. police say the tee

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. >> the autopsy was released today, two and a half months after lynn spalding's body was found at san francisco general. our 2 investigates team has been working to get the results of that autopsy. it comes just three days after we reported on the backlog at the medical examiner's office. ktvu's david stevenson just spoke with an attorney for the spalding family and learned of their angry reaction. david? >> reporter: well, julie, the release of this report this afternoon today caught a lot of people by surprise. in fact, we ended up providing it to the spalding family attorney. significantly, it does not list precisely when spalding died during the 17 days that she disappeared, but it does list a probable cause of death. here is what it says. probable electrolyte imbalance with delirium, clinical sepsis while in stairwell, due to complications of chronic ethanollism, clinical history, that is. medical experts we spoke to today describe that as alcoholism. the report also cites a urinary tract infection, which spalding friend's have said was the diagnosis produced by general hospital

vic sf >> reporter: again, the ten page medical report says lynn spalding died from causes other than blunt trauma, meaning she did not die from a fall down the stairs into this stairwell as one might think. there were no injuries to the head. the medical examiner says spalding died from probable electrolight imbalance with delirium due to come politics of chronic ethanolism. that means possible liver damage and extreme die high duration, causing a foern lose salt and important body fluids which could cause brain damage. this complicated by a history of alcoholism. now, medical examiners often use ethanolism interchangebly with alcoholism. she was admitted for a bladder infection, her body found 17 days later in a stairwell between three and 4th floors. medical researcher actually saw her body in the stairwell just days before she was found the report also says spalding died several days before her body was discovered. so now we have this death certificate from the medical examiner, police telling us they have now closed this case. >> still coming up tonight the preparations for a hug

vic sf >> reporter: again, the ten page medical report says lynn spalding died from causes other than blunt trauma, meaning she did not die from a fall down the stairs into this stairwell as one might think. there were no injuries to the head. the medical examiner says spalding died from probable electrolight imbalance with delirium due to come politics of chronic ethanolism. that means possible liver damage and extreme die high duration, causing a foern lose salt and important body fluids which could cause brain damage. this complicated by a history of alcoholism. now, medical examiners often use ethanolism interchangebly with alcoholism. she was admitted for a bladder infection, her body found 17 days later in a stairwell between three and 4th floors. medical researcher actually saw her body in the stairwell just days before she was found the report also says spalding died several days before her body was discovered. so now we have this death certificate from the medical examiner, police telling us they have now closed this case. >> still coming up tonight the preparations for a hug

lynn spalding had access to water, and food, and medical attention inside the san francisco general hospital. when we were told outside the hospital for her means she died of neglect. she starved to death. >> reporter: the spalding family's lawyer also blasted the medical examiner's report. questioning how he was able to determine that spalding's death was due to chronic alcoholism but not able to pin down her time of death in the stairwell which is information that investigators have also been waiting for to move forward and finish their reports on what happened here at san francisco general hospital. live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now the san francisco sheriff's department handles security at the hospital. and we're still awaiting the results of its internal investigation. preliminary findings suggests when spalding first went missing the deputies were confused about her race. no one ordered a full inspection of the hospital until nine days after she disappeared. and even after someone reported spotting a person on the stairwell, that stairwell was

the autopsy report for 57-year-old lynn spalding was released yesterday by the san francisco medical examiner. it says spalding died in that hasn't stairwell after succumbing to a lethal combination and dehydration and liver problems. >> she died of starvation or dehydration. this report would seem to say dehydration. they don't have to put secondary history of alcoholism. >> harris says he wants a grand jury investigation into the medical examiner's handling of this case. >>> once again, a gunman opened fire at a high school on friday, critically wounding one student before turning the gun on himself. the gunman was a high school senior armed with a shotgun and looking for a specific teacher at arapaho high school. the teenager is now identified as 18-year-old karl pierson injured two fellow students before taking his own life. experts discovered two molotov cocktails a the school. one detonated. the other did not. each had to be searched before being turned over. >> we're sitting there reviewing the finals. the teacher was outside the classroom speaking to students. we heard two lo

lynn spalding had access to water, and food, and medical attention inside the san francisco general hospital. when we were told outside the hospital for her means she died of neglect. she starved to death. >> reporter: the spalding family's lawyer also blasted the medical examiner's report. questioning how he was able to determine that spalding's death was due to chronic alcoholism but not able to pin down her time of death in the stairwell which is information that investigators have also been waiting for to move forward and finish their reports on what happened here at san francisco general hospital. live in san francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now the san francisco sheriff's department handles security at the hospital. and we're still awaiting the results of its internal investigation. preliminary findings suggests when spalding first went missing the deputies were confused about her race. no one ordered a full inspection of the hospital until nine days after she disappeared. and even after someone reported spotting a person on the stairwell, that stairwell was

new questions are being raised about the san francisco general hospital patient. 57-year-old lynne spaldings found dead in a san francisco general hospital stairwell october 8th. she had been missing for 17 days. two months later, investigators and her family are still waiting to learn the cause and time of her death. critics, including the attorney for the spauding family, says the department is severely understaffed and backlogged. >> the delay isn't doing anything, any good for the city and county of san francisco. it just makes us look more incompetent. >> the national association of medical examiners this year downgraded the office's accreditation from full to provisional, citing a below- average turnaround file for autopsy report -- time for autopsy reports. >>> 8:39. detectives in livermore say a well-known golf instruct ear is accused of -- instructor is accused of molesting children around the nation. andrew michael nesbitt is in jail charged with 65 felony counts. now, investigators say he sexually abused several male students between 12 and 17 years old. nesbitt was arrested satu

the report is not sitting well with friends of lynn spalding. >> this is the autopsy report for 57 year old lyhn spalding. she was found dead 17 days after she was reported missing from her hospital room. the medical examiner's report said she died ethanollism. it refers to alcohol. it has the family county very upset. >> now this they have added this as a secondary cuss of death, acute alcoholism by history, that is gratuitous and not necessary. that is not why this lead died. >> he also said the family was supposed to see the medical examiner's report before the media, which he said went the case. >> i certainly will pursue through various avenues that there be some investigation into the way this particular case has been handled, whether it's through a regulatory agency or whether it's through your grand jury. >> some of spalding's friends say they are angry bus they feel the report blips the victim. they said the spalding would still be alive if the hospital had not lost her and they still don't really know how she died. we had the report explained. >> the electrolight imbalances wi

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