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Suicidal Thoughts
Several months into the start of my career in forensic death investigation, an acquaintance of mine asked what I had found to be the most surprising aspect so far. I’d been waiting for a decent question to come along among the recurring ones I usually fielded. Questions like, “What’s the grossest thing... »
Dirty Little Secrets
On most apparent natural deaths, patrol officers may be the only ones dispatched to the scene with instructions to notify police investigators if the M.E./Coroner (ME/C) finds anything out of the ordinary. As such, it is the responsibility of the ME/C to search the scene for anything that may have played a role... »