Jefferies Banker's death decided an accident: autopsy

The 28-year-old banker, whose death led to “vitriolic online attacks” on Jefferies, died of the “toxic effects” of Fentanyl and cocaine, said Dallas' medical examination.

Carter Mcintosh, an employee of the Bank Technology, Media and Telecommunications Reporting team in Dallas, was found dead in his apartment in January, with the CEO of Jefferies, Richard Handler, a memo in which the bank defended speculation about the banker's death.

The police initially opted for an “unexplained death”. In an autopsy report by the Me office, Mcintosh's death is now an “accident”, which was caused by the “combined toxic effects” of fentanyl and cocaine, as can be seen from a copy of the report received by Business Insider.

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 -stronger than heroin, has proven to have an increasing threat in the United States and heated up an alarming increase in overdoses. The CDC says that overdoses remain the No. 1 of the Americans between the ages of 18 and 44.

“Our hearts mourn Carter and our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues and friends. Carter is missing from Jefferies and beyond,” Handler told BI on Wednesday.

After Mcintosh's death, Handler And the company's president, Brian Friedman, published a memo to employees in which they express their “enormous sadness” and support the employees.

Handler also criticized what he described as “unfounded” attacks on Jefferie's' work culture.

“At this point, nobody knows exactly what happened and speculating with cynical assumptions, does not serve a useful purpose and only contributes to the grief that the Mcintosh family is suffering,” said the memo.

Mcintosh worked for other financial services companies before he came to Jefferies, including Stints in Equity Research at Goldman Sachs and as an investment banking analyst at Moelis & Company, as his LinkedIn page showed. Previously, he visited Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

“Carter had an incredible talent in finance, outstanding leadership qualities as president of our financial club in our College years and a remarkable work ethic,” said someone who said he knew that Mcintosh was released on LinkedIn.