Autopsy Recommended

Autopsy is recommended in the following situations:
01. Death by known or suspected homicide activity
02 Death in an infant or child that is sudden and unexplained
03. Death as a result of police action, or police custody
04. Death while in the custody of a local, state, or federal institution; and is unexplained, or other than natural
05 Death due to an acute workplace injury
06. Death caused by apparent electrocution
07. Death by suspected alcohol or drug abuse, or poisoning
08. Death by unwitnessed or suspected drowning
09. Death of an unidentified person and the autopsy may aid in identification
10. Death of a body that is skeletonized
11. Death by fire or explosion
12. Death in any case the coroner determines necessary to ascertain cause and manner of death, or to collect evidence:
Examples:
A. Hit and Run deaths
B. Automobile accident victims, without obvious life-ending injuries, or to aid in determining driver, or aid in determining seating location.
C. Aircraft crash victims
D. Suspected elder abuse or neglect
E. Gunshot deaths, excluding certain suicide deaths
F. Jail deaths
G. Suspicious deaths
H. Accidents that are unwitnessed
I. Accidents where natural disease cannot be ruled out
J. Deaths of famous people or public figures
K. Unexpected or unexplainable deaths suspected to be of infectious agents
L. Apparent suicides without clear evidence of intent