2024-03-05 Coroner UpdateCoroner Update
March 5, 2024
11:30 a.m.
Present: Commissioner Brummer, Commissioner Pollock, Commissioner Swope, County Manager Ryan
Barrett, Coroner Warren McLeod
Guest(s):
Recorder: Rieva Lester
Public comment: None.
Coroner Warren McLeod said his office has responded to 167 deaths year to date, including the
following:
• No homicides.
• Four suicides.
• Two accidental deaths.
• No undetermined deaths.
• Six pending cases, five of which likely are drug-related.
Warren said the Coroner’s Office started conducting its own removals on Feb. 17. He said the office
didn’t have staffing to cover two of those days.
Warren said he will be out of the area and will need to cancel his April update.
Meeting adjourned at 11:39 a.m.