Death Investigation
Postmortem diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis
Sometime an uncommon form of diabetes isn’t discovered until the coroner makes a postmortem diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis.
June 28, 2026
Sometime an uncommon form of diabetes isn’t discovered until the coroner makes a postmortem diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis.
When I did an online search for “what is kratom?” this past week, thousands of results popped up. That wasn’t
Are coroners and medical examiners already using artificial intelligence (AI) in their medicolegal death investigations? For what purposes? How will
By Christina VandePol Mental health risks among death investigators are unavoidable, but have long been dismissed or downplayed by the
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Learn how coroners conduct an opioid overdose death investigation, from scene to autopsy to toxicology to death certification.
Eduardo Lee Hoover, Junior, age 38, sat in his pick-up truck, boxed in by four police cars after a chase
The Chester County Coroner’s office recently hosted a 2023 update on xylazine for law enforcement, first responders, emergency medical providers,
Hundreds, probably thousands, are dying heat-related deaths in 2023. Doctors and death investigators can do more to document deaths caused by this silent invisible killer.
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Coroners are using recent advances in Rapid DNA, DNA databases, and genetic genealogy to identify human remains, including those retrieved from the Delaware River.