MINNESOTA REGIONAL CORONER'S OFFICE Regina Medical Center 1475 Nininger Road, Hastings MN. 55033 Phone: 651-480-4253 Fax: 651-480-4257 Case #: — DC04-262 Investigator: Romann Deceased: Markingson, Dan DOB: 11-25-76 Sex: M Address: 1312 Livingston Ave, West St. Paul MN 55075 Place of Death: — Same, bathroom Time and Date of Death: 5/8/04 Found: 0225 Law Enforcement: WSP Officers: CAUSE OF DEATH: — Sharp force injuries to the neck and chest DUE TO: DUE TO: OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS: History of mental illness Manner of Death: Suicide Postmortem Examination: Limited Toxicology Findings: Blood drug screen: Caffeine present only; Vitreous ethanol: Negative Mr. Markingson was a 46-year-old male with a past medical history of schizophrenia, hypothyroidism, and suicide ideations, In the fall of 2003 Mr. Markingson moved from California to Minnesota. He was hospitalized at Fairview University and then discharged to a group home in December 2003. He was part of a medication study trial and was presumably on one of three anti-psychotics. On May 8, 2004, the group home attendee went to check on him and found Mr. Markingson in a lifeless state in the bathroom. On a night stand in the bedroom was a note on which was written "I left this experience smiling!”. When first viewed by Coroner personnel, the body was lying in a bathtub. In his right hand was an opened utility knife and his left hand was within his left chest cavity through a gaping incision on his lower left chest. There were numerous other incisions on his neck. An external examination at the Coroner's Office showed incised wounds of the neck and left chest. The left hemidiaphragm was incised and the left lung was collapsed, and there were incisions on the pericardial sac but the heart was not incised, EXHIBIT Lindsey C. Thomas, M.D. June 4, 2004 ak tender C. ee TO om p00 tes