A county prosecutor in Texas said Thursday that the autopsy results of Sandra Bland, the woman who was found dead in a jail cell earlier this month, revealed injuries consistent with suicide and showed no evidence of a violent struggle or homicide, according to New York Times.
"At this particular point in time, I have not seen any evidence to indicate that this is a homicide," said Waller County Assistant District Attorney Warren Diepraam.
"There were no bite marks or other injuries on her face, on her lips, on her tongue, which would be consistent with a violent struggle," he added, according to CNN.
Bland's death has been ruled a suicide by hanging by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office. Bland was found dead in her cell at the Waller County Jail on July 13, three days after she was arrested during a routine traffic stop. The 28-year-old's loved ones said they had doubts regarding the official account of the circumstances surrounding her death, as HNGN previously reported.
Officials also discussed preliminary findings from Bland's toxicology report that indicated the presence of marijuana in her system. "There have been some instances or claims about a substantial amount of marijuana in her system," Diepraam said. "There has been a confirmation of those results, however those results are preliminary," The Washington Post reported.
There were about 30 cut marks on Bland's left arm, which, according to Diepraam, were in "a state of healing." The marks suggest that the cuts were not recent and had been inflicted approximately between two to four weeks before her arrest. Diepraam said the marks were "consistent with self-inflicted wounds."
Bland apparently told a jailer that she had tried to kill herself in the past, but her family and friends have expressed disbelief that she would take her own life.
