Last night, 7News told you about 44 year-old Harth Gillett Sr. who was found with gunshot to his head inside his San Ignacio home on Tuesday Night.
His girlfriend reported to police that he shot himself after their argument escalated to the point that she threatened to leave.
She said that he then put the gun to the right side of his head and pulled the trigger.
He died yesterday evening at around 3:05 p.m., and since then, the Gillett family has staunchly refused to accept his girlfriend's account. Their opinion was only strengthened allegedly by the attending physician who told them that based on his expertise, he thought that the entry wound was on the left side of his head.
If that was true, then the suicide story would go right out the door because it would be a contradiction of the girlfriend's statement to police.
Well, the post-mortem was conducted today, and Dr. Mario Estradabran, in his opinion believes that the injury was self-inflicted, meaning it was a suicide.
His findings are consistent with the story of the girlfriend, and he found that the entry wound was on the right side of the head, not the left.
It's a bitter pill for the fmaily to swallow, but Dr. Estradabran has ruled it a suicide.
So, where does that leave the family? Well, they still refuse to accept it, and they are considering getting a second opinion.
A very interesting angle on this story comes from media colleague Luis Wade of PLUS TV. He tells us that Gillett called him on the night of his death, at 9:00 to discuss a news story about a carjacking. Gillett was confident he could recover the vehicle. Wade says Gillett had planned to meet with the victim of that crime the following - but 55 minutes later he was dead by his own 9 millimeter pistol.
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