The body of Diane Schuler, the woman whose tragic wrong-way adventure on the Taconic Parkway left eight dead, will be exhumed at her family's request, as they try to disprove findings that indicate she was drunk and high at the time.
"Yes, the body will be exhumed," attorney Dominic Barbara told Larry King last night. "It's not automatic, but we have enough cause and reason to."
"The lengths these people are taking to deny reality are just astounding and painful to my clients," Irving Anolik, attorney for the Bastardis, told the New York Daily News. "The fact remains that Diane Schuler was drunk and high when she killed all these people and the facts aren't going to change."
The Bastardis, who intend to sue Daniel Schuler in civil court, have their own concerns about the autopsy. They wanted officials to test hair follicle samples from Diane Schuler, which can reveal drug use dating back for two months. Westchester officials confirmed a hair follicle test hadn't been conducted, and one said that such tests typically weren't used in accident investigations.
