The Dallas County medical examiner classified Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal’s death as accidental, attributing it to an adverse drug reaction that caused anaphylaxis and worsened asthma, according to the Associated Press.
The finding supplies a reported cause and manner of death but does not resolve what triggered the reaction or why Dallas County has withheld the underlying autopsy.
What the available records establish
Paktiawal died March 14 at a Dallas hospital, about one day after ICE detained him, according to reporting from the AP and The Texas Tribune.
The death certificate disclosed to the AP identified an adverse drug reaction, anaphylaxis and aggravated asthma. It did not identify the substance behind the reported reaction.
What remains unresolved
The full autopsy and toxicology evidence remain unavailable, leaving four central questions unresolved: what substance triggered the reaction, what the complete toxicology findings show, what the cited federal investigation covers and how the Texas attorney general will rule on the county’s request to withhold the autopsy.
KERA and the AP reported that Dallas County invoked a law-enforcement exception when it sought to keep the autopsy from public release, citing a federal investigation. The attorney general had not ruled on that request when the AP published its report.
Together, the reports draw a clear boundary around the available information: the death certificate provides the reported medical conclusion, while the withheld autopsy could contain evidence needed to evaluate how that conclusion was reached.
