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July 10, 2022June 23, 2024

Death in Custody

Deaths in custody are under-reported and coroners and medical examiners can do something about it.

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June 18, 2022July 10, 2022

Heat-Related Deaths

The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (more on that later) was in moderate to high territory recently, so it’s time to write about heat-related deaths. Extreme weather is having extreme health effects. I just read Fernanda Santos’s opinion piece about downtown Phoenix, AZ where people are sleeping in tents on “now-hellish streets” with air temps over…

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June 8, 2022July 10, 2022

Drowning

Summer or hot weather anytime is when coroners and medical examiners are likely to be investigating drowning deaths. Usually these are accidental deaths, but not always. Learn about different kinds of watery deaths in this post.

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Christina VandePol is a writer, physician, and former coroner. She has authored articles on medicolegal death investigation and its intersection with public health, medicine, and justice.

Recent Posts

  • Interpreting Postmortem Toxicology Reports
  • Death and Politics: Electing Qualified Coroners
  • A Coroner’s Posts on COVID-19 in April 2020
  • Private Autopsies in 2025
  • DMORT: Past, Present, Future

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