2024-05-14 Coroner UpdateCoroner Update
May 14, 2024
11:30 a.m.
Present: Commissioner Brummer, Commissioner Pollock, County Manager Ryan Barrett, Coroner
Warren McLeod, Samantha Schaffer
Guest(s):
Recorder: Rieva Lester
Public comment: None.
Coroner Warren McLeod introduced his new Chief Deputy: Chief Deputy Coroner Samantha Schaffer.
Warren provided year-to-date updates regarding death investigations:
• Total number of cases: 332
• Homicides: 2
• Suicides: 6
• Confirmed accidental deaths: 9
• Possible accidental deaths (pending toxicology): 7
• Undetermined: 2
Warren said his office has been involved with 27 autopsies and 30 “externals.”
Warren said in-house decedent removals have been going well. He said that by taking over the process,
the Coroner’s Office has reduced the cost from $500 per removal to roughly $178 per removal.
Meeting ended at 11:41 a.m.