Current:Home > reviewsNew Details About Pregnant Tori Bowie's Final Moments Revealed -Wealth Evolution Experts
New Details About Pregnant Tori Bowie's Final Moments Revealed
Ethermac View
Date:2025-04-09 23:30:52
More details surrounding Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie's tragic death have emerged.
The sports star, who was about eight months pregnant, was found dead in bed at her Florida home May 2, according to an autopsy report obtained by E! News on June 13.
Bowie, who won three medals for Team USA at the 2016 Olympics, was at the crowning stage while "undergoing labor." The autopsy determined the 32-year-old died naturally from complications of childbirth due to possible respiratory distress and eclampsia.
Eclampsia occurs when a person develops seizures during pregnancy, typically around the 20th week of pregnancy, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
The Orange County Medical Examiner's office did not indicate Bowie had a history of preeclampsia, which is the medical condition that eclampsia develops from. The autopsy report only listed bipolar disorder under medical history.
Additionally, a toxicology report for the runner showed no drugs were in her system at the time of her death.
Bowie's body was found after Orange County Sheriff's Office deputies conducted a welfare check on Bowie—born Frentorish Bowie—who had "not been seen or heard from in several days," a spokesperson for the agency previously told NBC News.
The athlete's death was confirmed the following day by her management company, which wrote in a May 3 Instagram post, "We've lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright!"
She was laid to rest May 12 in Mississippi, her home state, in a funeral service attended by her family, friends and fellow former members of Team USA, including gold medal-winning sprinter Tianna Madison.
"I'm grateful to have caught up with her when I saw her last," Madison wrote on Instagram following the service on May 15. "And I felt I had to be with her again. I'd only been to Mississippi once before and I don't remember it. But I won't soon forget this trip. And I will never forget Tori."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (9818)
Related
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- More than 800,000 student loan borrowers are getting billions of dollars in debt forgiveness this week
- Sixth person dies from injuries suffered in Pennsylvania house explosion
- Eggo, Sugarlands Distilling Co. team up to launch Eggo Brunch in a Jar Sippin' Cream
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- Mother drowns trying to save son at waterfall and father rescues another son trapped by boulders
- Fans of Philadelphia Union, Inter Miami (but mostly Messi) flock to Leagues Cup match
- See Matthew McConaughey and 15-Year-Old Son Levi Team Up in Support of Maui Wildfires Relief
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- Sixth person dies from injuries suffered in Pennsylvania house explosion
Ranking
- Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
- New study finds far more hurricane-related deaths in US, especially among poor and vulnerable
- Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of weekly newspaper should be returned
- Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming opens up about mental health toll of dementia caretaking
- A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
- Teen Mom Star Jenelle Evans’ Son Jace Found After Running Away
- Why One Tree Hill's Bethany Joy Lenz Was Terrified Before Sharing Cult Experience
- Armed Utah man shot by FBI last week carried AR-15 in 2018 police encounter, records show
Recommendation
Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
Is Kelly Ripa Ready to Retire After 2 Decades on Live? She Says...
Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families
Amid record-breaking heat, Arizona wildlife relies on trucked-in water to survive summer
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
NPR names veteran newsroom leader Eva Rodriguez as executive editor
Federal Reserve minutes: Too-high inflation, still a threat, could require more rate hikes
2 years since Taliban retook Afghanistan, its secluded supreme leader rules from the shadows