The mysterious demise of Buffalo Jim

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Controversy follows Clark County Coroner Dr. Larry Simms

Dr. Simms denies sending Buffalo Jim Barrier's blood and urine specimens to a lab in Pennsylvania to have them checked for GHB. However, Barrier's specimens somehow found their way there, where they were determined to "require further testing" which Simms refused to authorize.

After refusing to further test the specimens, Dr. Simms issued his "COCAINE INTOXICATION" finding without releasing copies of the toxicology reports to Barrier's family, police, or the media.

He then told the press that GHB is in everyone's blood, and that Barrier had a "normal" amount in his.

If so, then how did Barrier's blood and urine specimens find their way to a special lab used by the FBI to determine the presence of GHB?

And why is Dr. Simms now refusing to explain how or why Barrier's specimens were sent to this lab?

This is not the first time Dr. Larry Simms has been called on the carpet for inconsistencies. The following statement by Jack W. Snyder, MD, JD, PhD
appears on the Court TV website about Dr. Simms' change of mind regarding the late Ted Binion's cause of death:

In this case, Dr. Simms at first said Binion's death was from "undetermined" causes.

Two weeks later, after the Behnen family spent a small fortune to open a murder investigation and have charges filed against Sandy Murphy, Dr. Simms changed his mind about the cause of Binion's death, suddenly saying it was "homicide."

Here are the words of Dr. Snyder:

"As a forensic pathologist and forensic toxicologist, and with a reasonable degree of medical scientific certainty, I offer the following comments:

On October 2, 1998, Dr. Simms signed a death certificate attributing the cause of LTB’s death to intoxication by alprazolam and opiates. He listed the manner of death as undetermined. By contrast, on his autopsy report dated September 18 through October 15, 1998, he listed the manner of death as "homicide." Dr. Simms testified on September 19, 1999 that he made his "homicide" determination in March of 1999, but the specific reason(s) for the discrepancy between the death certificate and the autopsy report, and the specific basis for Dr. Simms’ "homicide" conclusion, cannot be determined from the documents I reviewed."

Dr. Larry Simms has some questions to answer regarding why Buffalo Jim Barrier's specimens were sent to an out of state lab that specializes in finding possible GHB involved in death cases. And why he stopped further "required" testing? - SM
 
#22
Sometimes its the coroner who is the easiest to buy off. zg
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Coroner Stymies Homicide Investigation

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]The Coroner - who is not a doctor - after[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]refusing to test a urine specimen, said[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]James "Buffalo Jim" Barrier had a[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]"normal" amount of GHB in his[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]blood. An expert disputes[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=+1]the coroner's finding[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]AmericanMafia.com[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]July 7, 2008[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Even though a urine specimen was available to NMS, and GHB's "concentration in urine tends to be ten-fold higher than in blood, extending the detection window to 12 hours," NMS' request to further test Barrier's urine was denied by Murphy.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Police say that had they known of the GHB, they would have been more inclined to open a homicide investigation. But because Murphy said Barrier overdosed on cocaine, the death was assigned to the Victimless Crimes Detail who found no reason to suspect foul play.[/FONT][/FONT]

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