Media reports indicate he died after collapsing in the shower following a workout on an elliptical machine.[24][25] An autopsy completed February 3 indicated a heart attack or a pulmonary embolism was the possible cause.[26] His attorneys have maintained that "we have no way of knowing whether the government is telling us the truth" about Gul's death.[5] They further wrote: "It is shame that the government will finally fly him home not in handcuffs and a hood, but in a casket. . . . Justice will now come too late for Mr. Gul."[5]