Question

What was the cause of death of the person who was imprisoned in North Korea for taking down a propaganda poster and died within 24 hours after returning to the US?

Answer 1

Otto Warmbier was an American student who died after being detained in North Korea. The cause of his death was related to a severe neurological injury of an unknown cause, with controversies surrounding the exact circumstances.

Step-by-step explanation:

The individual you are referring to is Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was arrested in North Korea in January 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor but was released and returned to the United States in a state of 'unresponsive wakefulness', commonly known as a coma, in June 2017 and died shortly thereafter. The exact cause of Warmbier's death remains controversial; North Korean authorities claim he contracted botulism and fell into a coma after taking a sleeping pill, while American doctors found no evidence of botulism. The complications leading to his death were due to severe neurological injury from an unknown cause.