OK, it's still about death but it's no one we know.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=4804926
Exerpt from mid-article:

Gopal said he was unable to determine whether Tim Schuster was alive at the time of death, but it was probable.

Warning about the link above: Article contains an extremely graphic and potentially disturbing description of an unimaginably gruesome murder and its unimaginably gruesome aftermath. Quick, go see!

Postscript: OMG OMG OMG! I went and read more and now I know what that Gopal person was trying to say! Schuster was alive at the time they.... Oh god. You don't want to know! Here's the link with new details: http://www.fresnobee.com/2007/10/20/170108/fagone-may-not-testify.html