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The Cook County Coroner was the coroner of Cook County, Illinois until the position was abolished in 1976. The office of existed as an elected position from the early history of Cook County's government until its abolition in 1976. The first Coroner of Cook County was John Kinzie Clark, who was appointed in April 1831. [1]
The IAC&ME offers accreditation to coroner and medical examiner offices which meet a set of association-defined requirements. [4] The IAC&ME accreditation requirements are essentially identical to those of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), however, unlike NAME the IACME does not require accredited agencies to have on-site ...
In 2002, 22 states had a medical examiner system, 11 states had a coroner system, and 18 states had a mixed system. Since the 1940s, the medical examiner system has gradually replaced the coroner system and serves about 48% of the US population. [4] [5] The largest medical examiner's office in the United States is located in Baltimore, Maryland ...
The coroner will also investigate when a death is deemed violent or unnatural, where the cause is unknown, where a death is the result of poisoning or industrial injury, or if it occurred in police custody or prison. The coroner's court is a court of law, and accordingly the coroner may summon
The body of the Shelby County, Illinois coroner was found Friday after an apparent hunting accident.. According to a release from the central Illinois county’s sheriff’s department, deputies ...
Five people killed after a multi-vehicle crash in Illinois died from exposure to a toxic chemical that spilled from an overturned semi-truck, the Effingham County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday.
An autopsy report released by an Illinois coroner Friday showed Sonya Massey, a mother of two who was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in her home earlier this month, died from a gunshot wound ...
Des Plaines, Illinois Peter M. Hoffman was an American politician who served as Cook County Sheriff , Cook County Coroner , and as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners . His political career ended after a corruption scandal arose during his term as Cook County Sherriff.