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Friday, March 23 Autospy photo bill debate starts Tuesday Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The president of a Web site seeking access to the Dale Earnhardt autopsy photos filed a new request Friday, asking for specific images of the racing great's battered body. Michael Uribe, president of WebsiteCity.com, asked to see 33 images of the body, including the head and brain, that were taken during the autopsy. Earnhardt was killed Feb. 18 in a crash at the Daytona 500. Autopsy photos are public records under Florida law, but the photos were temporarily sealed by a judge at the request of Earnhardt's widow, Teresa. Also Friday, Florida Senate President John McKay said a bill to block public access to autopsy photos will be debated for the first time Tuesday. The bill would keep the public and media from seeing autopsy photos unless they can convince a judge that they have good cause. A House version passed Thursday. If it becomes law, it would be retroactive. Uribe has complained to Circuit Judge Joseph Will that he had been left out of an agreement between Mrs. Earnhardt and the Orlando Sentinel over access to the autopsy photos. Neither Will nor the special master for the mediation, John Upchurch, returned phone calls seeking comment Friday. Under the agreement reached last week, Dr. Barry Myers of Duke University will look at the photos and then submit a report to the newspaper and the Earnhardt family on the cause of death and an explanation of certain head injuries. The photos then will be permanently sealed as requested by Mrs. Earnhardt. A date for Myers to view the photos hasn't been set. The Sentinel originally wanted its own medical expert to review the images for an investigation of NASCAR safety. Newspaper officials also were upset that a NASCAR medical expert had looked at the photos the day before they were sealed. But Sentinel attorney David Bralow said he was happy with the choice of Myers. Uribe and an independent student newspaper at the University of Florida, the Independent Florida Alligator, are pursuing their own court cases, hoping to gain access to the photos. A hearing for the university newspaper is scheduled for April 5.  Send this story to a friend | Most sent stories
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