Medical Examiner Releases Cause Of Death For Missing Upstate Mother Destini Smothers

New York City NY

14 March, 2021

10:57 AM

Description

CBS New York March 14, 2021 The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner has released the cause and manner of death for Destini Smothers, who was found dead in the trunk of a car in Queens earlier this week. According to the OCME, Smothers died from a blunt impact head and brain injury. Her death has been ruled a homicide. Smothers' body was found in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle in Queens on Wednesday morning. A neighbor told CBS2 the vehicle had been there for about two months before they started contacting 311 to have it towed. Read more at CBS New York