An investigation into the death of Hunter S Thompson will be reopened two decades after it was ruled a suicide.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said it would re-examine the official ruling at the request of the journalist and author’s widow, Anita Thompson.
Thompson died at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado, on February 20, 2005 at the age of 67. The cause of death was determined to be suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was discovered by his son, Juan.
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In an interview shortly after his death, Mrs Thompson said she had been on the phone with her husband at the time and heard the “click” of his gun being cocked.
