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The
Coroner's office of Adams County, in cooperation with local
law enforcement agencies, investigates the deaths of county
residents and conducts inquests to determine the cause and
circumstances under which the death occurred.
Types
of deaths that must be reported to the Coroner’s office
include accidental death, suicide, homicide, sudden death when
the deceased had been in apparent health or in cases where
suspicious or unusual circumstances exist.
In
cases of accidental death, including death arising from
employment conditions, Homicidal
Deaths, Suicidal
Deaths, Abortions (
Criminal or self-induced), the death must be
reported to the Coroner even though the survival period prior
to death may be up to 12 months.
When
a person arrives D.O.A. (Dead on
Arrival) at a hospital, it is to be reported
immediately. This
includes any death which occurs within twenty-four hours after
admission.
If
a request is made for
cremation, the funeral director in attendance should
immediately notify the Coroner.
Any person who discovers
a body or acquires the first knowledge of the death of any
person who died under the above circumstances, should immediately notify the office of the Coroner of the known
facts concerning the time, place, manner and circumstances of
such death, and of any other information which might be required by
the Coroner.
Under
the above circumstances, no one should touch, remove, disturb the body or disturb
the clothing or any article on or near the body without an order from the
Coroner.
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