Autopsy: Defected Russian Spy Chief Choked On Meat

A former top Russian spy who defected to the U.S. after running espionage operations from the United Nations choked to death on a piece of meat, a Florida medical examiner says.

Sergei Tretyakov, 53, also had a cancerous tumor in his colon when he died June 13, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press through a state open records request. Tretyakov's sudden death had led to some Internet speculation that he had been killed. more

PJL 21st September 2010