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A whole lot of transparency: MuckRock users file 50,000 requests
MuckRock’s amazing community of FOIA and public records enthusiasts have crossed another milestone: A user recently filed the site’s 50,000th requests, the 9,486th request this year.

Recently released evidence shows FBI may have investigated Danny Casolaro’s death through 2017
Following a FOIA appeal, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has released ten new pages of their investigation into links between the PROMIS scandal, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, and the mysterious death of Danny Casolaro. FOIA lawyers and experts are divided as to whether this new release implies the Bureau previously improperly cited the “open investigation” exemption, or whether it had stopped being applicable between the initial FOIA response and the appeal.

FBI’s investigation into Mikhail Lesin’s death doesn’t contradict accidental death narrative
The official record on the 2015 death of Mikhail Lesin deems the event an accident, the result of falling and suffering a number of “blunt force injuries” in his hotel room after a days-long alcohol binge. But while others have cast doubt on that account, attributing it to more nefarious external actors, materials released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation don’t contradict the accidental death determination.

FBI cites mystery FOIA exemption to withhold Danny Casolaro death video
As part of the investigation into the death of journalist Danny Casolaro, the local police created a videotaped “reenactment” of his alleged suicide. The tape was used later to help an expert conclude the death was a suicide, and then seized along with the other evidence by the federal government. In response to a FOIA request for a copy of the tape, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has declared that it’s exempt from release - but won’t say why.

Rules governing the release of autopsy reports vary state-to-state
For the legal world of the living, the deceased generally lack a right to privacy, their government records suddenly subject to disclosure. But in each state, laws limit what can be released to whom.
4 Requests
Awaiting Acknowledgement
Casefile: Excited Delirium 1980s
Deanna W sent this request to the Medical Examiner of Miami-Dade County, FL
Rejected
Jean Tuggy Homocide Autopsy Report
Sean Nunez, Ph.D. sent this request to the Centre County Coroner of Centre County, PA
Fix Required
Laurel King Russell sent this request to the Department of Corrections of Illinois
Completed
Carlton Purvis sent this request to the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner of Los Angeles County, CA