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Anna Garcia was a diabetic, she was 38 years old. Weight 165 pounds and a height of 64 inches. She had an autopsy on August 15th at 11:00am. Anna didn’t have a balanced diet of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates and her blood glucose levels were high because of the food she was eating. She had no evidence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs or overdose of prescription drugs on her blood however, her blood glucose was 280 mg/dL which is very high. She digested 125 mL of food and had no evidence of toxins on her stomach. In my opinion, she died because of her unbalanced died which cause her blood glucose levels go really high.

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