If someone close to you was murdered or died in a suspicious manner and you were given his/her autopsy report, would you take the opportunity to read the report or would you tuck it away unread?

Hands down I’d read it. Knowledge is power.

read it for sure. i’d want to know the facts.

I would have to read it. I couldn’t purposely avoid such stark reality and be left with only questions (of which I’m sure there’ll be plenty).

I would love to get my hands on the autopsy report of my grandfather. He was murdered over twenty seven years ago.

I would read it. I would probably go over it with a fine toothed comb to learn every single thing I possibly could. I would want to know exactly what happened and if at all possible why.

Who the hell wouldn’t read it?

If it was suspicious, I suppose I would read it.

i would definitely read it. not only because i’m curious but also because death is the most intriguing thing in the world.

It was speculated that my grandfather was possibly murdered.
While his kids wanted to do an autopsy, my grandmother declined.
She cited religious reasons. Though my mom thinks that part of it was
because she couldn’t really deal with the idea that he could have been murdered.

Personally, I would read it.
But I can understand if someone didn’t.

I would certainly read it because not only would it give me peace of mind in the end, it would probably answer some serious questions that I had also.

I’d read it for all the reasons given above and also just out of curiosity to see what a real autopsy report looks like.

Are you facing this question yourself, @jmah, or is this purely speculative?

@Jeruba purely speculative.

If someone really close to me died suspiciously, the least painful thing to do would probably be to tuck it away until the immediate grief had passed, and read it six months to a year later.

But I’d probably read it right off, and hurt all the more for it.