to be fair he signed his body over to the government when he joined the military.

Now the question remains as to what happened to Palmer between the time he was removed from his cell and the time he took his last breath.

Really, that question remains? Not why he chose that moment to turn himself in? Maybe he was a drug mule.

The other story says

It was unknown why he went to Lancaster County

No wonder why they don't know anything. Did he live there before moving? Did he have known business there? They obviously didn't bother asking. What else did they not bother to ask?