Autopsy reports suggest Pallavi and Sumeet Dhawan died in a murder-suicide.
The Dhawan's were found dead inside their Frisco home in September. Sumeet, 43, was found on a bed in a downstairs bedroom and his wife, 39-year-old Pallavi, was found dead in the backyard swimming pool.
The report released Wednesday states Sumeet died of
“blunt force head injuries combined with diphenhydramine [Benadryl] and salicylate [Pepto-Bismol] toxicity.” The manner of his death was homicide.
His wife died from “combined diphenhydramine toxicity and drowning.” Her death was ruled a suicide.
Frisco police had charged Pallavi with the murder of her 10-year-old son Arnav. But the Dhawan's had long
maintained that Pallavi was innocent and that the boy had pre-existing medical conditions.
David Finn, the couple's attorney, told FOX 4 he spoke with them a few days before the bodies were found, and said nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
But Finn added that Pallavi had been under enormous stress during the entire legal process, and sources told FOX 4 that Sumeet told Frisco police his wife had been depressed and even suicidal.
A note that was found in the home is still being analyzed by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Police would not release any details about what it said.
Other items seized from the home include: a cricket bat, pain relievers, kids' medicine, sleep aids, medication for blood pressure and thyroid, rolling pins, broken glass and stainless steel sheers.
