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On 14 November 2019, Le Mesurier's body was repatriated to London, while the Turkish investigation continued.<ref name="wp-20191114">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/white-helmets-founders-wife-barred-from-leaving-turkey/2019/11/14/98fc9afe-06ca-11ea-9118-25d6bd37dfb1_story.html |title=White Helmets founder's wife barred from leaving Turkey |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref> At the time of his death, it was reported that the President of Syria, [[Bashar al-Assad]], had the belief that Le Mesurier was murdered by Western intelligence services.<ref name="Sengupta" />
A month later, the Turkish authorities confirmed the injuries he sustained were consistent with a fall from the balcony, according to the [[post mortem]], "general body trauma linked to a fall from height". No [[DNA]] from other individuals was found. A [[toxicology]] report, according to a private Turkish broadcaster [[NTV (Turkish TV channel)|NTV]], found signs of sleeping pills in Le Mesurier's body matching the statement from his widow
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