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Aurora Theater Shooting Radio Traffic | CT2

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside of a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. A gunman, dressed in tactical clothing, set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others. The…

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Compassion Fatigue | CT1

On this podcast, Anita Brooks, author of Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over joins me to discuss an overlooked issue for twenty-first century coroners — Compassion Fatigue. Helping others who have undergone a trauma from a natural disaster, accident, or sudden act of violence, can be highly satisfying work. But helping trauma victims can…

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The Caution of Suicide Rulings

By:  Darren Dake Suicide by its very nature can cause a lot of trepidation to the death investigator. Family stigma, insurance issues, and privacy are all key  concerns in making a ruling of suicide. The investigator is called upon to provide factual information which will assist in deciding whether the death in question is murder,…

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