Report: Astori's body to undergo routine autopsy procedure
- Kaustubh Pandey(@Kaus_Pandey17)
As such, the Udine prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation, which allows an autopsy to be performed on the former defender. It is a routine sequence of events in order to have an autopsy performed, and in no way means foul play is suspected.
Astori, who was 31, was found dead in his hotel room yesterday, hours before he was supposed to lead Fiorentina out against Udinese in a Serie A clash, had previously represented the Italian national side mutliple times.
A public prosecutor in Udine- Antonio di Nicolo - told Giornale Radio Rai that an investigation will be launched into Astori's death. Di Nicolo said: "We have opened criminal proceedings over the hypothesis of manslaughter. It is currently unknown, but an autopsy will be performed soon."
Astori, who became a father to a baby daughter about two weeks ago, died in his sleep yesterday morning. It is said that a massage therapist at the hotel found him dead after he hadn't picked up the breakfast call in the morning.
Reports in Italy state Astori died of a cardio-circulatory arrest due to natural causes and Di Niccolo also confirmed that he showed no signs of illness. This case now, has taken a turn of its own.