Autopsy Revealed: Drew Carey's Ex-Fiancee Amie Harwick Died Of 'Blunt Force Injuries'
Feb. 18 2020, Published 5:17 p.m. ET
Dr. Amie Harwick died of “blunt force injuries of the head and torso,” the Los Angeles County Coroner Medical Examiner revealed on Tuesday.
The renowned Hollywood family and sex therapist who was previously engaged to The Price Is Right host, Drew Carey, passed away on February 15.
Harwick’s manner of death was listed as “homicide,” by the Medical Examiner and her place of death was listed as the “hospital,” after her autopsy was completed.
According to the Medical Examiner, her body is “ready” and the case status is “closed.”
RadarOnline.com readers know her ex-boyfriend, Gareth Pursehouse, was arrested for her murder after police were called to her home in the Hollywood hills on Saturday after her roommate called 9-1-1 to report that she was being assaulted.
Police found Harwick, 38, lying on the ground “unresponsive” and “gravely injured” after having fallen from a third-floor balcony.
“On Saturday, February 15, 2020, around 1:16 a.m. Hollywood patrol officers responded to a radio call of a, ‘Woman Screaming,’” the LAPD said in a statement obtained by RadarOnline.com.
“When officers arrived, they were met by a roommate who was in the street. He informed officers that the victim was being assaulted inside of her residence. The roommate had jumped a wall and went to neighboring residences to call for help.”
When looking through Harwick’s home, police said there was evidence of a struggle as well as of a forced entrance. They said the suspect likely entered the residence unannounced and left after the murder.
Scroll through the gallery for details from the tragic murder.
Shock
Gareth’s mother, Barbara Pursehouse, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview that the former Playboy model-turned-Hollywood sex therapist left her son and “broke his heart” years before.
“The only thing I know about Amie is they broke up like six years ago,“ an upset Barbara said, adding that she had no idea her son had been arrested in connection to her murder.
Denial
“Gareth could never do that. Gareth could never do that,” his mother told RadarOnline.com after Harwick’s death.
“I don’t know it’s been so long. Amy broke his heart and he just stopped talking to the family.”
Got Him
Pursehouse, 41, was arrested on suspicion of murder by FBI-LAPD Fugitive Task Force members in his Playa Del Rey home on February 15.
Locked Up
Harwick’s accused killer is being held on a $2 million bond.
Heartbreak
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"Amie and I had a love that people are lucky to have once in a lifetime," Carey, 61, said in a statement the day after she was killed. "She was a positive force in the world, a tireless and unapologetic champion for women, and passionate about her work as a therapist. I am overcome with grief."
Grieving
Carey’s show The Price is Right was postponed for a week after Harwick’s tragic death. The Hollywood Reporter noted it would resume taping on March 2.
