On Thursday forensic accountant Larry Bertsch was appointed special administrator of the estate of Stephen Paddock. All of Paddock’s estate will be disseminated to Route 91 Harvest festival victims.
Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock had anti-anxiety medication in his system, autopsy records obtained Friday by the Review-Journal show. The autopsy report also confirms Paddock died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said in December that the 64-year-old Paddock, a high-rolling video poker player, committed suicide. He shot himself as officers closed in on his hotel room after he stopped firing at the Route 91 country music festival across the street from the Mandalay Bay. The Review-Journal reported several days after the mass shooting that a local doctor had prescribed the anti-anxiety drug diazepam, known by the brand name Valium, for Stephen Paddock back in June. After Paddock’s body was cremated, Fudenberg last month released the remains to his younger brother Eric Paddock, who lives in Orlando, Florida. Eric Paddock flew to Las Vegas to pick up the ashes after he was unable to get the coroner’s office to send him the remains. He told the Review-Journal that he does not intend to keep his brother’s ashes at his home in Orlando.
The Clark County Coroner’s office has released the cremated remains of Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock. His brother, Eric Paddock, was unable to get the coroner’s office to deliver the remains to his home in Orlando, Florida. Eric Paddock flew to Las Vegas to meet with Coroner John Fudenberg. Fudenberg has not yet released an autopsy report to the family. Paddock said he plans to put the ashes in a bank’s safe deposit box.