Warmbier, an American college student who was released by North Korea in a com.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File).
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Monday that Washington holds North Korea "accountable" for Warmbier's fate, and demanded the release of three other Americans held by North Korea.
Otto Warmbier was arrested in North Korea during a sightseeing tour previous year.
The statement says the office has reviewed medical records and talked extensively with his treating physicians. There will be more interviews and records reviewed.
The University of Virginia student died Monday. "The United States should ban tourist travel to North Korea".
James Foley was a freelance war correspondent before he was captured and held for almost two years. His parents created the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation to advocate for the release of American hostages and to help keep journalists reporting in conflict zones safe.
In a statement through the foundation Tuesday, John and Diane Foley, of New Hampshire, called Otto Warmbier's death senseless.
"North Korea sent him back to the United States before he died because more questions would have been raised about his death and the situation would have gotten worse if it had returned his dead body", said Cheong Seong-jang, an analyst at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea.
Twenty-two-year-old Otto Warmbier (WORM'-bir) died in Cincinnati on Monday, not long after his return to OH after almost a year and a half in North Korean captivity.
The funeral for Warmbier will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday at Wyoming High School, where he was an athlete and salutatorian of his 2013 class.
Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the USA should think about banning US citizens from visiting North Korea.
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North Korea said they released Warmbier last week on "humanitarian grounds". He died six days later surrounded by relatives in his hometown of Cincinnati.
President Trump offered his "deepest" condolences to the family and condemned the "brutality" of the North Korean regime Monday.
Trump said if the college student had been returned home to the US earlier, "I think the result would have been a lot different".
John Delury, a North Korea expert based in Seoul, called last week for the USA government to work with China to cancel group tours to North Korea until Kim's regime gives a "full accounting" of the Warmbier case, apologizes to his family and releases the three other Americans it's known to be holding.
The death may make it harder for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who took power last month, to convince Trump of the benefits of greater engagement with North Korea.
"I would have that first because if people are that stupid that they still want to go to that country then at least they assume the responsibility for their welfare", McCain said.
The young man's father, Fred Warmbier, previously criticized former president Barack Obama's administration for how little he did for their son, saying officials had counselled the family against speaking out to avoid antagonizing the North Korean regime.
A spokesman for the Hamilton County Coroner told HuffPost that Dr. Lakshmi Sammaraco's office has agreed to take the case, but wouldn't comment further. Doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center examined Warmbier last week upon his return to OH and reported that he had severe brain damage and was in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness".
Three Americans remain under DPRK detention.
Warmbier died in OH on Monday, days after being released by North Korea.
"And I believe there are voices supporting such a step-by-step approach even within the United States", he said, according to the USA channel. They say he had severe brain damage but they don't know what caused it. He arrived in OH on June 13 after being held for more than 17 months.
The University of Virginia student was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting with a tour group. Within weeks, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison and hard labor.
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