
Sacramento County spokesperson Kim Nava said via email Wednesday that the law prohibits the coroner's office from discussing many details of specific cases. "At home, she was counting down the days to Christmas, wrapping all the gifts and making all the plans to make it the best family Christmas ever, and it would have been."Īccording to the coroner's report, however, the day before her death, "she had complaints of an upset stomach." She had told a friend that "she was on a roll" at a new job she loved in a Sacramento real estate office, he said, and "she was carefully dieting." Tom McClintock, contacted multiple times by phone and email Wednesday, was not immediately available for comment.Īt his wife's funeral, McClintock told mourners that she was fine when he spoke with her the day before he returned. Until now, the cause of death had not been reported. 19, 2021, announcing it and gave a tribute to her at her Jan. Tom McClintock has remained mostly silent about his wife's death since he released a statement on Dec.

"It's good, old-fashioned police work that needs to be done."

The FDA, Fabricant added, has a system in place to investigate deaths that might be linked to a supplement or drug. FDA spokesperson Courtney Rhodes said the agency does not discuss possible or ongoing investigations. Such reports are voluntary, and it's not clear whether anyone reported her death to the agency. He had just returned from Washington, D.C., after voting in Congress the night before. 15, 2021, according to the coroner's report. Tom McClintock, a Republican who represents a district that spans multiple counties in northern and central California, found his 61-year-old wife unresponsive at their Elk Grove, California, home on Dec. 20, 2021, listed the cause of death as "pending." Tom McClintock and his wife Lori McClintock after casting their ballots in Newbury Park, Calif., on Oct 7, 2003. The original death certificate, dated Dec. The coroner's office ruled her death an accident. KHN obtained that report - in addition to the autopsy report and an amended death certificate containing an updated cause of death - in July. Tom McClintock, died from dehydration due to gastroenteritis - an inflammation of the stomach and intestines - that was caused by "adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion," according to a report from the Sacramento County coroner that is dated March 10 but was not immediately released to the public.


The wife of a Northern California congressman died late last year after ingesting a plant that is generally considered safe and is used as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, including diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol, KHN has learned.
