2018-01-16 CoronerUpdate with Coroner
January 16, 2018
10:00 a.m.
Attendees: Commissioner Stamper, Commissioner Fund, Commissioner Jackson, Warren McCleod
Guests:
Recorder: Rachel Hunt
2017 YTD-807
Homicide:2
Suicide: 27
Accidental: 20
Undertermined:11
Total autopsies: 52
2018 YTD: 35
Warren provided an update on state legislation moving forward to assist in ongoing death
investigations.
Warren discussed current contracts for autopsies and pathologists.
Washington State Patrol toxicology lab- currently at 12 weeks to return results which could become
even longer due to inundation of marijuana related DUI’s.
Meeting ended at 10:22 a.m.