Death Investigation
Mental Health Risks Among Death Investigators
By Christina VandePol Mental health risks among death investigators are unavoidable, but have long been dismissed or downplayed by the
October 26, 2025
By Christina VandePol Mental health risks among death investigators are unavoidable, but have long been dismissed or downplayed by the
Fatal staircase fall or an assault? Falls of all kinds are a leading cause of accidental death in the United
More than 100,000 people in the United States died of unintentional poisoning in 2023. Illicit stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine
What happens when the death of an organ donor falls under the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner?
Learn how coroners conduct an opioid overdose death investigation, from scene to autopsy to toxicology to death certification.
Interpreting postmortem toxicology reports is tough. Here’s what I wish I’d known when I became a coroner.
Requirements for electing coroners are abysmally low in most places. In today’s partisan elections, that’s dangerous.
In 2020, I used social media for my Coroner’s posts on COVID-19. These are some of the Facebook posts I
More families may be seeking private autopsies in 2025. Coroners and medical examiners, at least in Pennsylvania, only do autopsies
What is DMORT? The acronym DMORT stands for Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team. DMORT is part of the federal National
Wondering what to get your favorite coroner for the holidays? I was, and I didn’t find much guidance on the
Thousands of women were murdered as witches in past centuries. Today’s violence against women echoes yesterday’s witch hunts.