On November 8, 2018, while I was Chester County (PA)’s Coroner, we held a memorial ceremony, perhaps the first ever, for fifty-two unclaimed persons whose cremains had resided in the coroner’s office for years. I’ve written before about the sad issue of bodies left unclaimed, but on that day in 2018 we celebrated the lives…
Category: Unclaimed
Should county coroners be responsible for unclaimed bodies at nursing homes?
Should coroners be responsible for unclaimed bodies at nursing homes?
Unclaimed body donation to science
Unclaimed body donation to science was once the primary source of cadavers for medical study. Despite increasing numbers of unclaimed bodies, that’s no longer the case.