Found Deceased AL - Paighton Houston, 29, left bar with 2 men, Birmingham, 20 Dec 2019 #4

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Mickey2942, I agree that it seems as though it would be a pretty hard-core psychopath to bury a body; however, a little research has turned up some info. on the mindset of individuals who use drugs and, evidently, there are some hard-core psychiatric symptoms that arise with use of certain illegal drugs such as cocaine and crack cocaine as well as methamphetamine, to name just a few.

If someone (or more than one) had been smoking crack or taking meth, for instance, they could have become paranoid and jittery, then panicked, all leading to a terrible decision. A drug such as meth, when taken in excessive amounts, can and does make users paranoid.
Methamphetamine Psychosis: Epidemiology and Management
Psychotic symptoms and syndromes are frequently experienced among individuals who use methamphetamine, with recent estimates of up to approximately 40% of users affected. Though transient in a large proportion of users, acute symptoms can include agitation, violence, and delusions, and may require management in an inpatient psychiatric or other crisis intervention setting. In a subset of individuals, psychosis can recur and persist and may be difficult to distinguish from a primary psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia.​

Cocaine and Psychiatric Symptoms Very interesting article here that explains the effects of cocaine on users. "Homicidal thinking" is one.
Background: Cocaine is an addictive drug that produces numerous psychiatric symptoms, syndromes, and disorders. The symptoms include agitation, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, violence, as well as suicidal and homicidal thinking. They can be primary to the drug's effect or secondary to exacerbation of comorbid psychiatric disorders.​
More disturbing are the effects of crack cocaine:
Data Synthesis: The use of cocaine in the “crack” form is often associated with more frequent and intense symptoms. Paranoia occurs in 68% to 84% of patients using cocaine. Cocaine-related violent behaviors occur in as many as 55% of patients with cocaine-induced psychiatric symptoms. Homicide has also been associated with cocaine use in as many as 31% of homicide victims. In suicide, cocaine has been found to be present in as high as 18% to 22% of cases. Many patients with cocaine dependence have also been found to have a comorbid psychiatric disorder.​
 
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Synergizer Bunny said:
This is my best speculation, too. I learned something on Dr. Phil, of all shows, that is a good tip for everyone to know, even drug dealers.

If I am not mistaken, I think that Dr. Phil said that anyone can ask a pharmacist for NARCAN. You don't need a prescription. You can just ask for it. So, if you saw someone overdosed on the side of the road, you could potentially save a person's life.

Just think. If PH had overdosed and they did have NARCAN on hand, they could have potentially saved her life.
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Almost all 911 responders carry NARCAN or similar; most users know this and some carry Naloxone. They are immune from criminal liability if they administer it for an overdosing individual (see reference #1 below).

In addition, it's not a crime to report an overdose and thus save someone who ODs, and most users know this too (including those who are under 21 using alcohol) - see reference #2 below.

IMO - just MO - it's less likely she simply OD'd, and no one did anything - no call to 911, doing absolutely nothing but bury her. That just does not make sense to me, opioid users/addicts or not.

It's possible someone may have 'staged' her OD, though. Unfortunately, it would probably be very difficult to tell the difference at this point - even with follicle tests.

References:
#1 -Alabama Code §20-2-280 states that a physician or dentist who prescribes, a pharmacist who dispenses, and an individual who administers an opioid antagonist in good faith to an individual at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose or to a family member, friend, or other individual, including law enforcement, in a position to assist an individual at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose is immune from civil or criminal liability. https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/pharmacy/assets/naloxonefaq.pdf

#2 - https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/pharmacy/assets/hb208.PDF - to provide immunity from prosecution for possession or consumption of alcohol for an individual under the age of 21, or certain controlled substance offenses, by any individual who seeks medical assistance for another individual under certain circumstances;

https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/pharmacy/naloxone-dispensing.html
 
Coroner: Paighton Houston’s cause of death is pending after autopsy

Jan 6, 2020

By WBRC Staff | January 3, 2020 at 1:04 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 3:16 PM
HUEYTOWN, Ala. (WBRC) - UPDATE: The Jefferson County coroner confirms Paighton Houston’s autopsy is complete. Her cause of death is pending further examination and testing.

Coroner Bill Yates says the testing will take 2-4 weeks but the final report won’t be ready for 4-6 weeks.

Funeral arrangements for Houston have been announced.

Vistitation will be Thursday, January 9 from 5-7 p.m. at Clearbranch United Methodist Church in Trussville. Houston’s funeral will be Friday, January 10 at 11 a.m. at the church. Houston will be buried at Jefferson Memorial Gardens in Trussville.
 
Jan 6, 2020

The autopsy for Paighton Houston has been completed, but authorities said they don’t yet know how the Trussville woman died.

Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates on Monday said further examination and testing is needed to determine the cause and manner of death.

Houston’s body was found Friday in a shallow grave in the backyard of a home on Chapel Drive in Hueytown. The remains were wrapped in sheets and the body was intact, said Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington.

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Jefferson County sheriff’s Deputy Chief David Agee said the sheriff’s office has taken over as the lead investigative agency on the discovery of the remains. He emphasized that this is a death investigation that has not yet been deemed a homicide.

Paighton Houston’s cause, manner of death still undetermined
 
Jan 6, 2019

Jefferson County authorities completed the autopsy on a Trussville woman after her body was found two weeks after she disappeared.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s office said more examination and testing is needed to determine the cause and manner of death for Paighton Houston.

Investigators found her body January 3rd. It was wrapped in a blanket in a grave behind a vacant house on Chapel Drive in Hueytown.

Houston, 29, was last seen Dec. 20 leaving a Birmingham bar. Family members said that she later sent a text to a friend saying she didn’t know who she was with and felt that she was in trouble.

Cause of death not determined after Paighton Houston's autopsy
 
cass523 said:
January 06, 2020 01:51 PM

That is mentioned in this article, a search warrant for the home.

“Right now we have a lot more questions than answers,” Chief Deputy David Agee of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said, the outlet reports, “but we hope to have those answers real soon. We’re gonna work hard and we’re going to find out what happened.”

Authorities have received a search warrant for the home but no other information has been released."

Mom Pays Tribute to Ala. Woman Found Dead Weeks After Leaving Bar and Texting ‘I Feel in Trouble’
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Thanks for posting the date of the article! It is very helpful there are so many articles no matter what case it is. Much appreciated!
 
SandyQLS said:
From the link:

"...The mere presence of a drug, or its metabolites, in post-mortem tissue can be sufficient to reinforce suspicions of the link between the drug and the death. The conviction in 2000 of the English General Practitioner Dr Harold Shipman for the murder of 15 of his patients rested in part on the sudden demise of a group of otherwise healthy patients, for the most part elderly women, and in part on the detection of morphine in skeletal muscle from the exhumed bodies of a subset of them, in the absence of evidence that they had been prescribed morphine or been in the habit of taking opiates [12]. ..."

One victim, Kathleen Grundy, died June 24, 1998. Her body was interred just 5 weeks before being exhumed in August. Diamorphine was found in her body. "... a post-mortem revealed that she had died of a morphine overdose, administered within three hours of her death, precisely within the timeframe of Shipman's visit to her. ... " from
Dr. Harold Shipman | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
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Wow. That’s pretty impressive that they could determine that five weeks later!

mickey2942 said:
Walker County Alabama Missing and unsolved Murders

There is actually a Facebook page, just for this, in Walker county.
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Pretty sad. But thank you.

cpeacock1 said:
Organs such as heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, etc are removed and weighed. Enlarged organs can determine diseases. Once the organ is weighed - thin slices are obtained and sealed in paraffin. Then the tissue slices are examined under the microscope to further delineate diseases that are not seen on the gross examination. Gross examination is done first and is merely looking and seeing what’s readily identifiable. For example...heart disease or lung disease can be readily seen on gross examination. The cause of the disease can be further delineated with the microscopic examination.

Does this help you understand more clearly @gitana1?
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A little more. It’s still mysterious but I understand somewhat more.
 
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