The family of a veteran wants answers on his death in prison, on an organ removal

Two days after the Army veteran Everett Palmer Jr. imposed himself on the Pennsylvania authorities in April 2018 for a DUI arrest warrant, he was dead. It is now more than a year since he pbaded away, but his family is still searching for answers.

Palmer's death was pronounced at a York hospital on April 9, 2018 at 5:46 am, at the age of 41. Beyond this little collection of facts, the rest of the story surrounding Palmer's death is murky.

York County Prison first stated that he "had become restless and had begun to hit his head against the inside of his cell door". He was then taken to the prison medical clinic, where he became inexplicably insensitive. Palmer was transported to York Hospital, where his life ended.

A coroner later concluded that the former army paratrooper had died as a result of "physical complications resulting from a state of arousal badociated with methamphetamine poisoning at a time when the physical constraint ", adding that a red blood cell abnormality may have contributed to his death.

The authorities still have to explain how he would have methamphetamine in his system after spending two days in police custody.

A pathologist hired by the family, who believes that the story surrounding Palmer's death is suspicious, would have determined that he had been the victim of a homicide.

One particularly troubling thing is that when the body was handed over to the family, it was badly bruised and many parts of his body – his brain, heart and throat – disappeared.

"When we tried to find out what had happened to his organs, they first lied," said Palmer's brother, Dwayne Palmer, to Spectrum News NY1. "They directed us to our funeral director and told us that we had to talk to them because they had probably taken the organs."

Palmer's brother told reporters that he suspected that Everett's death was a homicide.

A lawyer working with the family said that it "makes no sense unless you try to avoid people knowing how he died." Marlon Kirton, the lawyer, would have suggested that the death could have been the result of asphyxiation.

The family rejected the possibility that Palmer had taken drugs in prison or that he had stuck his head in his cell. Her mother, Rose Palmer, told reporters that her son "was not a troublemaker."

Palmer, apparently under the influence, crushed a Honda Accord in 2016 but failed to appear in court, prompting a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest. in Pennsylvania, where the accident occurred. Palmer, who lived in Delaware and worked as a personal trainer, surrendered after hearing about the warrant, the Queens Daily Eagle reported.

The family was shocked when they learned that he had died two days later.