washington association of coroners and medical examiners

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.

The coroner in Cowlitz County is facing potential criminal charges after two state investigations found he personally received more than $12,600 in…

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…