Overview
- An official medico-legal report cites an acute heart attack with respiratory failure and pulmonary edema, and classifies the death as natural.
- Police found Carlos Alberto “Kaiser” Rivadeneira in the back of his parked car in Guayaquil with a rear door open and his legs partly outside.
- Witnesses told investigators he had been drinking with three women shortly before he collapsed, and a man on a bicycle tried to start the car before leaving with them.
- Despite no visible signs of violence, judicial authorities kept the case open to identify the three women and check whether alcohol or another substance contributed.
- Emelec offered condolences after the death of their former player, as public interest grew over local fears of scopolamine use even though the autopsy points to a natural cause.