Introduction. A. "The CSI Effect" and Public Misconceptions Regarding Louisiana Death Investigations. B. The Louisiana System Has Many Problems. C. The McCormick Scandal. D. The Time for Reform is Now. II. Background. III. Analysis. A. Current Structure of the Louisiana Coroner System. 1. Where the Office of the Coroner Fits in our Governmental Structure. 2. The Role of the Coroner in Louisiana. 3. In Depth Look at Laws Dealing with the Office of the Coroner . a. Selection of the Parish Coroners. b. Laws Governing the Coroner in the Performance of Death Investigation. 4. Important Areas in Death Investigations Not Currently Addressed by the Louisiana Coroner Statutes. a. Lack of Regulatory Body and Training Requirements. b. Laws That Limit the Discretion of the Coroner in Determining...
Following are the verdicts delivered for deaths in May that were under the jurisdiction of Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni: Timothy Hynicker, 33, of Reinholds, died May 1, 2011, at his residence. Manner: accidental.
In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, Scientific Working Group for Medicolegal Death Investigation will make available to the general public a draft document entitled, ``Guidelines for Media Relations: Dissemination of Public Information in Medicolegal Death Investigations.'' The opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to coroner/ medical examiner office representatives, law enforcement agencies, organizations, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft document under consideration are directed to the following Web site: http://www.swgmdi.org
Following are the verdicts delivered for deaths in October that were under the jurisdiction of Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni: Margaret Kauffman, 33, of Lititz, died Oct. 1, 2010, at her home. Manner: accidental.
Following are the verdicts delivered for deaths in July that were under the jurisdiction of Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni: Laurence Miller, 59, of Ephrata, died July 1, 2011, at his residence. Manner: suicide.
DAYTON -- When the Montgomery County coroner's forensic pathologists work weekend shifts they are given two weekdays off. But what sets them apart from other county employees, and most people in the private sector, is that Coroner James H. Davis allows the pathologists to accumulate those days indefinitely, keep their own tally of days due off, and use them when they want.
Following are the verdicts delivered for deaths in June that were under the jurisdiction of Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni: Ray Summy, 90, of Mount Joy, died June 2, 2011, at his residence. Manner: natural.
NEW ORLEANS | A former NBA referee shot and killed himself in a suburban New Orleans hotel room on the same day his wife was found strangled at their Houston-area home last week, authorities said Wednesday. A law-enforcement official in Montgomery County, Texas, said Troy Raymond, 46, was a "person of interest" in the death of his wife, Leslie Anderson Raymond, 41, whose body was found last Thursday at their home in Spring. Troy Raymond's body was found at a hotel in Jefferson Parish. The coroner's office said he shot himself in the head.
Following Police Academy training, he hit the streets doing day-to-day forensics investigations from the Golden Gate Bridge to Tómales Bay. At the death scene, he'd interview available family, neighbors, witnesses, police agencies and medical personnel then determine identification - a statutory mandate of the department - of the deceased, as well as notify next of kin. Mostly, it's a doorto-door service. Sometimes, if the decedent is from another country, the coroner's department works with that country's consulates or Interpol "It's a must that we don't notify anybody on the telephone - that's just not fair," said [Ken Holmes]. "Unless there's no other way," as in the case of a young Nigerian man who'd passed away at a nearby hostel, and whose family lived in a remote village and coul...
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