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Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.
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The Washington State Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would create a loan repayment program for forensic pathologists, the only doctors who can perform an autopsy. It also greenlights a study for longer-term solutions to the critical shortage.
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Since its founding more than a century ago, Washington state has seen few changes to the way sudden or unusual deaths are investigated. And experts from…
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Nicole MacMaster remembers her mom, Frankie "Ellen" Schmitz, as a doting grandmother who loved to crochet. Christmastime was her favorite, and she always…
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It isn’t often a coroner gets to deliver good news. Last week was an exception for Hayley Thompson.The Skagit County coroner learned her office was…
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Dr. Carl Wigren could stand in for just about any medical examiner as seen on TV. He’s witty, a fast talker who knows a lot about investigating deaths.In…
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If you die, and nobody claims your body, it goes to your local county government.Eventually, those cremated remains pile up, and it’s up to county…
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Doctors and hospitals in Washington hope you'll take some time in the new year to think about death — your own, and your loved ones’. It's part of a…