Editing Charles Whitman (section)

===Autopsy===
Although Whitman had been prescribed drugs and was in possession of [[Dexedrine]] at the time of his death, the [[toxicology]] examination was delayed because his corpse was [[embalming|embalmed]] on August 1, after it was delivered to the Cook Funeral Home in Austin; however, the autopsy that Whitman had requested in his suicide notes was authorized by his father.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/charles-whitman-11495598|title=Charles Whitman|website=Biography.com|access-date=2016-04-12|archive-date=2016-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419092129/http://www.biography.com/people/charles-whitman-11495598|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 2, Dr. Coleman de Chenar, a [[neuropathologist]] at [[Austin State Hospital]], realized the autopsy at the funeral home; Whitman's urine and blood were tested for amphetamines and other drugs.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://behindthetower.org/a-fitting-memorial | title=A Fitting Memorial: The Mental Health Legacy of the Whitman Murders | access-date=2019-03-17 | archive-date=2019-04-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409045223/http://behindthetower.org/a-fitting-memorial | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{harv|Douglas|Burgess|Burgess|Ressler|2011|p=447}}</ref> During the autopsy, Dr. Chenar reported that he discovered a pecan-sized [[brain tumor]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107885790|title=Church Rites for Sniper|access-date=May 23, 2019|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=August 6, 1966|archive-date=July 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713004224/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107885790|url-status=live}}</ref> above the [[red nucleus]], in the white matter below the gray center [[thalamus]],<ref>{{harv|Lavergne|1997|p=261}}</ref> which he identified as an [[astrocytoma]] with slight [[necrosis]].