-Caveat Lector-
Fort Walton Beach office is where she died so the web page I sent to
list this must be the little girl unless there are two, the same age,
etc. She lived however in Niceville.....
This Scarborough if picture I saw is recent looks like a very handsome
man - the type a young person might go after for his looks?
But if this thing I sent out with this five pointed star at top is this
Lori for sure, well her husband said on a web page how wonderful she
was, et.
Now she is dead.
Saba
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This article can be found on page A4 of the August 23, 2001 Daily News.
EDITORIAL - Klausutis records should be released
The medical examiner's office and the Fort Walton Beach Police
Department are adding another layer of mystery to the death of
congressional aide Lori Klausutis by refusing to release records of
their investigations.
Their failure to produce the information at this newspaper's request may
even be illegal.
Mrs. Klausutis, 28, was found dead July 20 in the Fort Walton Beach
office of U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough. Associate Medical Examiner Michael
Berkland announced Aug. 6 that Mrs. Klausutis had a heart condition -
previously unsuspected - that caused her to collapse. He said she fell,
hit her head on a desk, suffered a blood clot and died.
Dr. Berkland said there was an obvious injury to Mrs. Klausutis' head.
Previous official statements had said there was no sign of trauma.
On Aug. 9 the Daily News verbally requested the Police Department's
investigative report on the Klausutis case. On Aug. 10 the newspaper
made a formal request, in writing, for Dr. Berkland's autopsy report.
That was two weeks ago. Police Capt. Ron Bishop says the investigation
is open - meaning the records can't be released - until Dr. Berkland's
autopsy report is filed with the Police Department. Dr. Berkland says
he's been too busy and hasn't gotten around to finishing his report.
Until today, the Daily News has not publicized its request for the
records. The Klausutis case has prompted many rumors and much
speculation. This newspaper decided to pursue the records quietly,
hoping that their release would answer our questions about the
investigation and the way it was conducted.
Instead, failure to release the records only raises more questions.
If the police investigation is still open, are other leads being
followed?
Is there something in the records that the medical examiner and the
police don't want the public to see?
The withholding of this information does more than inconvenience this
newspaper. It appears to violate Florida's public records law.
Autopsy reports - except for photos - are public records. The Florida
Supreme Court has said the only permitted delay in producing such
records for public inspection "is the limited reasonable time allowed
the custodian to retrieve the record and delete those portions ... the
custodian asserts are exempt."
Capt. Bishop's argument that the case is still open is, under Florida
law, dubious. "Criminal investigative information" is considered
"active" only if "it is related to an ongoing investigation which is
continuing with a reasonable, good faith anticipation of securing an
arrest or prosecution in the foreseeable future."
If the police expect an arrest in the Klausutis case, we'd sure like to
know.
Otherwise, we'll have to quote Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine
Manual: "An agency's unreasonable and excessive delays in producing
public records can constitute an unlawful refusal to provide access to
public records."
"Unlawful" is not a word the manual uses lightly. It isn't a word we use
lightly either.
The medical examiner's office and the Police Department should release
their records.
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