Colorado investigators are taking another look at the death of trailblazing author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson at the behest of his widow.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday it’s heading the new investigation, at the suggestion of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, following a request from the writer’s wife, Anita Thompson . She was married to the “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” author from 2003 until his death on Feb. 20, 2005.

Thompson, 67, is believed to have been killed by a gunshot wound to his head . Investigators concluded he died from suicide at his home in Woody Creek, Colo., just outside Aspen.

The new review “is being conducted to provide an independent perspective on the 2005 investigation,” the CBI said in a statement.

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