SCIENTISTS have yet to reach a conclusion on how gun killer Raoul Moat died, his family said today.
A pathologist is continuing his examination of the former doorman's body today after beginning a second post-mortem on Tuesday.
Further tests are to be done before the post-mortem is complete and its findings made public.
It means the gunman's close relatives face a further wait to discover exactly how he died.
The killer's uncle, Charlie Alexander, and tax inspector brother Angus paid £600 for the second post-mortem.
An initial post-mortem carried out the day after Moat, 37, died near the riverbank in Rothbury, Northumberland, found the cause of death to be a gunshot wound consistent with the shotgun the former doorman had been carrying.
But after seeing Moat's body for themselves and hearing that police marksmen fired Tasers at around the same time as he died, the family was left with unanswered questions.
They feared the father-of-three, of Fenham, Newcastle, might not have taken his own life.
Former Royal Artillery warrant officer Mr Alexander, 72, a widower from Leam Lane, Gateshead, said the post-mortem results would allow the family to move on and plan for the killers funeral.
He said: "The post-mortem findings are not complete.
"There are still tests to be done.
"After that the matter will be in the hands of solicitors because we do not want any comment we make to affect the inquest."
He said he had spoken to Moat's brother Angus who said the findings could be days away.
"We still need to make plans for the funeral, but cannot do so until we know," he said.
Mr Alexander has questioned whether the use of Tasers caused his nephew's death.
He said on Tuesday: "I don't want to presume anything. We just want some answers.
"When I went to identify his body I did not see anything consistent with shotgun wounds, and I have served in Northern Ireland so I have seen a lot of shotgun wounds."
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