Legal threat issued over Carradine death photo

DAVID Carradine’s family members, dissatisfied with Thai investigators and “profoundly disturbed” by the publication of a forensics photo in a Bangkok tabloid, are seeking help from the FBI and an independent pathologist, and have threatened legal action against any media outlet that reprints images of the actor in death.

Keith Carradine has filed reports with the FBI that could lead to the agency’s involvement, said Mark Geragos, attorney for the Kung Fu actor’s half-brother. The FBI confirmed that Carradine’s family had contacted the agency.

The family will also seek an independent autopsy by famed forensic pathologist Dr Michael Baden to determine whether another person could have been involved, Geragos said. Results of an autopsy performed on Friday in Bangkok were not expected for at least three weeks.