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Manner of death. In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinction is made between the cause of death, which is a specific disease or injury, versus ...
Coroner. Dr. Eddy Vilavois. On September 28, 2014, John Sheridan, a former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner and health care executive, was found dead along with his wife Joyce in their home in Skillman, New Jersey, United States. The bodies were found in the house's master bedroom by firefighters responding to a fire emergency, with both ...
Psychological autopsy in suicidology (or also psychiatric autopsy) is a systematic procedure for evaluating suicidal intention in equivocal cases. [1] [2] [3] It was invented by American psychologists Norman Farberow and Edwin S. Shneidman during their time working at the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, which they founded in 1958.
A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death. The official may also investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jurisdiction. In medieval times, English coroners were Crown officials who held financial ...
In 2004 in England and Wales, there were 514,000 deaths, of which 225,500 were referred to the coroner. Of those, 115,800 (22.5% of all deaths) resulted in post-mortem examinations and there were 28,300 inquests, 570 with a jury. [22] The rate of consented (hospital) autopsy in the UK and worldwide has declined rapidly over the past 50 years.
A fourteen-member coroner's jury unanimously ruled the case a murder–suicide. [35] [34] [38] The inquest was called to determine cause of death, but not any responsibility in the civil or criminal fields. [39] The California Highway Patrol stated that criminal prosecution was not possible due to the deaths of any responsible parties. [40]
The Coroner of New York City issued death certificates and performed autopsies and inquests for New York County, New York, for all homicides, suicides and accidental deaths and any suspicious deaths. The office served only Manhattan until 1891 when the city expanded. After the 1891 consolidation of New York City the office handled the outer ...
This list of unsolved deaths includes notable cases where: The cause of death could not be officially determined following an investigation; The person's identity could not be established after they were found dead; The cause is known, but the manner of death (homicide, suicide, accident) could not be determined following an investigation