An autopsy has concluded that Menlo Park attorney Daniel J. Weiser, 48, died of accidental asphyxiation by hanging, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault has reported.
Mr. Foucrault released the information on the cause of Mr. Weiser’s death Aug. 27 after a Superior Court judge denied a plea by Mr. Weiser’s family to keep the cause of death private.
Police found Mr. Weiser dead in his Creek Drive home in Menlo Park on July 23, 2007.
Mr. Weiser specialized in corporate securities, finance and restructurings at the Palo Alto law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Simitian’s ID tag bill goes to governor
State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has won Senate passage of a bill that would make it illegal to require any Californian to submit to forced implantation of a radio frequency identity tag.
The so-called RFID devices are electronic chips the size of a grain of sand and fitted with tiny antennas. The chips can broadcast data to help track and/or identify anything, from people and pets to retail goods.
After a largely party-line vote of 28-9 on Aug. 30, the bill now goes to the governor. Unlike a broader RFID bill introduced by Sen. Simitian and vetoed in 2006 by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, this one targets implantation only.
Sen. Simitian is carrying other legislation to address RFID chips in driver’s licenses and school ID cards, public notification of scanning, and the unauthorized use of scanners.
