21.   According to the radio, a third autopsy confirmed that the woman did not die from the fall but had been strangled to death.

22.   An autopsy confirmed the man had committed suicide, a Civil Guard spokesman said.

23.   Autopsies confirmed that the women were raped and strangled after a night out at a mardi gras carnival.

24.   The presence of the virus was confirmed by autopsies on two victims conducted by the Franceville International Medical Research Center in Gabon.

25.   Neighbours found the boys lying dead in the field, and a hospital autopsy confirmed they had died from snakebites.

26.   The identities of the bodies would have to be confirmed by autopsy, Wells said.

27.   The man was admitted to hospital after being diagnosed with the typical symtoms of CJD, and the disease was confirmed by autopsy after he died five months later.