Michael Baden, Former Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, has agreed to perform an individual private autopsy on the body of actor David Carradine, who was found dead in Thailand.
Police in Bangkok said the 72-year-old actor was founded dead, hanging naked in a hotel room closet last Thursday.
Although investigators first announced they suspected suicide, since then they said are also considering the possibility Carradine’s death was the result of an sex act gone wrong.
The actor’s family reportedly have said they think foul play could have been involved.
An autopsy was conducted on Carradine’s body in Thailand, but the results will not been found out for another month.
The New York Daily News said on Tuesday a second autopsy of the actor’s remains is being planned in Los Angeles.
“Baden is one of the most experienced forensic pathologists in the world. If there’s something suspicious, he’ll find it,” his friend Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky told the Daily News.
“(Baden is) familiar with autoerotic asphyxiation,” Kobilinsky added. “He’ll perform a typical autopsy of the body … (and) a psychological autopsy, to get into the mind of the deceased.”