Criminal Justice
Lawyer’s death is ruled a homicide; he died from fire and blunt force
The May 13 death of Dallas lawyer Ira Tobolowsky was a homicide, according to the Dallas County medical examiner.
Tobolowsky was found dead in a suspicious garage fire. The medical examiner said the cause of death was blunt-force injuries, smoke inhalation and burns, the Dallas Morning News and CBS News report.
No arrests have been made. Tobolowsky’s death drew attention to a defamation lawsuit Tobolowsky filed against an Austin lawyer and his partner.
A Dallas judge who was presiding over the suit was assigned extra security after Tobolowsky’s death. The judge later said he was stepping aside in the suit because one of the defendants had “implications in the death” of Tobolowsky.
