Autopsy
An official autopsy found no indication that Floyd died of strangulation or traumatic asphyxia, rather that he likely died of the combined effects of being restrained, underlying health conditions, including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease, and any intoxicants[84] in his system. Floyd's family retained Michael Baden, a pathologist who conducted a second autopsy on Eric Garner, to perform an independent examination in this case.[23][24]