The Memphis home of Alabama booster, Logan Young was so splattered
with blood that police thought they were looking at multiple crime
scenes.
Young was found dead and police quickly launched a homicide
investigation.
They now say, there was no crime at all ,he was dead from an
accidental fall and a gushing head wound., we know Young from last
year 's
football recruiting scandal.
Such head wounds can leave sufferers so confused they don't realize
how seriously they're hurt, said Shelly Timmons, chief neurosurgeon
at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.
Fatally hurt, the 65-year-old millionaire apparently stumbled in a
daze through at least a half dozen rooms spreading blood throughout
his spacious, two-story house before a final collapse on a bedroom
floor.
Young was convicted last year on money laundering and conspiracy
charges for paying a high school coach to send a top recruit from
Memphis to Alabama.
Trial evidence showed Young to be a heavy drinker, but defense
attorney James Neal said Young had cut back on consuming alcohol.
Young was sentenced to six months in prison but was free pending
appeal. He had a kidney transplant following the trial and was on a
health improvement program.
"He said he was feeling good but was having a hard time getting his
energy back," Neal said.
On appeal, Young had argued that the offense he was charged with _
bribing a high school football coach -_ was not a federal crime.
Police believe Young died late Monday night or early Tuesday morning
after falling on the stairs and hitting his head on the railing. At
a news conference Thursday, they displayed drawings depicting what
they believe was the bloody trail he left through the house.
Young apparently tried to stop the bleeding with towels from the
kitchen and a bathroom before finally making his way upstairs to his
bedroom.
The medical examiner also issued a preliminary report listing the
cause of death as a head injury suffered in a fall, and the chief
state prosecutor in Memphis agreed, too.
Scott said the investigation will remain open until police get back
lab results from forensic tests such as DNA scans on blood samples
collected at the residence.
Toxicology tests to show whether drugs or alcohol played a part in
the death are expected to take up to two months.
