George Floyd Autopsy 2025. George floyd had heart disease and had consumed drugs but they were not the direct causes of his death, the doctor who conducted the autopsy said friday at the trial of former police. The defense hopes to raise doubts about how george floyd died.

The independent autopsy says floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure” when his neck and back were compressed by minneapolis police officers during his arrest last. George floyd, according to the official autopsy, was not murdered.