The Department of Defense returned the dead men's bodies to their families in mid-June, after al-Utaybi's family openly questioned the claims he'd committed suicide and requested his body for a second autopsy. Utaybi's family reported that the Saudi post-mortem had found that the DOD had retained his brain, heart, liver and kidneys.
The Department of Defense returned the deceased individuals' bodies to their families in mid-June, after al-Utaybi's family challenged the official account of his death and requested a re-examination. The Saudi autopsy revealed that the DOD had retained several of his organs.