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In 1977 he joined the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's and Coroner's Office. [3] In 1986 he became senior medical examiner, the third-highest medical position in the department. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He supervised deputy medical examiners and residents in forensic pathology.
In 1990, Kornblum resigned as Los Angeles County Coroner after an independent audit found that staff shortages and a high homicide rate were leading to unsanitary conditions, including dead insect larvae in the morgue and a body that had decomposed because it had been misplaced, and poor oversight of employees that had allowed for a double ...
In 1990, he was passed over in favor of J. Lawrence Cogan for the position of Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner. [2] Sathyavagiswaran was appointed Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner in 1992. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' first selection, Joshua Perper of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, declined the job due to Los Angeles' high housing ...
L.A. firefighters look for hot spots as they prepare for high winds in the burn areas of the Palisades fire on Tuesday, Jan. 14. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
A total of 24 people are dead, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner, and thousands of structures were destroyed as areas affected by the Los Angeles wildfires remain under evacuation orders ...
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office later confirmed the remains were human. Michael David Vanzandt, a 44-year-old father-of-three and two-tour war veteran, was last seen on March 5 2016 in ...
Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Building in 2008. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner (“DMEC”, formerly the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and Department of Coroner) was created in its present form on December 17, 1920, by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, although it has existed in some form since the appointment of the ...
A Los Angeles County coroner's investigator has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a gold chain and crucifix from around the neck of a dead man, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, a 34 ...