Technology has advanced the ease and quality of life immeasurably. Smartphones are handheld computers that can surf the internet; deliver emails, texts, and phone...

This episode is a recording of a live Q and A session that was held for the MLDI online Academy.  It’s interesting because we...

A decomposing body goes through four stages: autolysis, bloat, active decay, and skeletonization. During the second stage, trapped gases that are generated primarily by bacteria in...

New York updates Coroner Standards A new law signed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday requires elected county coroners across the state...

Soaring numbers of overdose deaths are adding to woes already plaguing medical examiner and coroner offices, resulting in a shortage of places to store...

As death investigators, a time will come when you must work a death related to a structure fire.  You have a job to do...

Workplace Bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators. It is abusive conduct that is :  ...

Workplace Bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators. It is abusive conduct that is :  ...

In the job of investigating death, the investigator may use the resources of several different sciences to help determine many aspects of the death...

This first hand true account of one of the most horrific  murders in Canadian history gives us an insight rarely gained into the mind...

What is a Medicolegal Death Investigator? The role of the medicolegal death investigator is to investigate any death that falls under the jurisdiction of...