\u00a0June 2024 after a night out<\/a> at Pete\u2019s Piano Bar in downtown Houston. Three days later, his body was discovered floating in Buffalo Bayou.<\/p>\nPolice said at the time there were no signs of foul play, and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences later ruled his cause of death \u201cundetermined.\u201d The case has since been closed.<\/p>\n
But Cutting\u2019s cousin, Lauren Freeman, said she recently learned that part of his autopsy report contained information from another person\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe doctor that did his autopsy said, \u2018Oh, that was a mistake. It was for the body I did after that, but it was accidentally put in his medical report,\u2019\u201d Freeman said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how something like that is mistaken. Somebody has died and the information in the report has to be right.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freeman said the report includes several inconsistencies, including medical hardware reportedly found in the body\u2019s neck, even though Cutting never had surgery. She also noted discrepancies in the listed height and weight: the report stated Cutting was 4-feet, 8-inches tall and weighed 89 pounds, though his family says he was 5-foot-4 and 125 pounds before his death.<\/p>\n
In a statement to KHOU 11, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed the mistake but described it as a clerical error.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a clerical error that had no impact on the findings or the cause and manner of death,\u201d the office said in an email. \u201cThe error occurred during the report editing process, after the postmortem exam was already completed. The pathological findings and conclusions in the report are correct and supported by the forensic pathologist\u2019s notes, x-rays, and over 50 photographs taken during autopsy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freeman disputes that explanation and is calling for the Houston Police Department to reopen Cutting\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid the police even have the right information to investigate it correctly?\u201d she said. \u201cThe case needs to be reopened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freeman said she wants a full review of the investigation, including potential surveillance footage and geolocation data from the night Cutting disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m furious,\u201d she said. \u201cI want everything to be looked at.\u201d<\/p>\n
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