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• n  a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

• The bones were obviously old, and when the coroner asked for an opinion, Chatters' off-the-cuff guess, based on the skull's superficially Caucasoid features, was that they probably .
• A local coroner says sickle cell trait, not an altercation with boot camp guards, killed Anderson.
• A British coroner asks police to investigate the death of the Princess of Wales, reviving all those wild conspiracy theories.

• medical examiner

News & Articles

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• Coroner: 1 victim in Pa. fire had drugs in system
  A coroner says a man who died in house fire that killed four children and two adults in eastern Pennsylvania on Mother's Day had drugs in his system.
  June 12, 2013 - WTRF Wheeling
• Coroner IDs victim of Billings ATV crash
  The Yellowstone County coroner's office has released the name of a 22-year-old man who died after a weekend all-terrain vehicle crash south of Billings.
  June 12, 2013 - Montana Kaimin
• Coroner releases report on pilot in Friday crash
  The coroner in East Baton Rouge Parish has issued his report on the death of a pilot whose small plane crashed in Baker last week.
  June 11, 2013 - WDSU New Orleans

Quotes

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• Hubert Ingraham in ABC News
  We look forward to them being able to have the autopsy today and for the coroner to be able to make a decision so the body can be released,Ingraham told reporters.
• John Brumby in FOXNews
  There's still a large number of people - in excess of 50 who are unconfirmed and essentially these are people who the coroner believes are already deceased, but are not yet identified,Brumby said.
• al Fayed in Guardian Unlimited
  Now that the coroner is compelled to have a jury ...... it will become clear beyond doubt that murder was committed,said al Fayed, who has claimed rumors of an impending marriage between Diana and his Muslim son infuriated the royal family.