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‘PASSIONATE HEART’

Kentucky Christian College Student Was Strangled to Death

Eighteen-year-old Josiah Malachi Kilman’s cause of death was “asphyxia by manual strangulation,” according to authorities.

Justin Rohrlich

A Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner (DMEC) staff member inspects a refrigerated container in Los Angeles, California, Jan. 27, 2021.
GRIM

Coroner Investigator Charged With Stealing From the Dead

In one incident, he was allegedly caught on camera taking a gold necklace from a body.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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SPOOKY

Police Find 31 Bodies Decomposing in Indiana Funeral Home

The bodies were transported in a refrigerated truck to the Clark County Coroner’s Office for identification, police said.

Alan Halaly

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GRUESOME

Cause of Death Revealed for Mummified, Eyeless ‘Cult’ Leader

Mystery initially shrouded Amy Carlson’s death after her decomposing corpse was found in a Colorado home, wrapped in a sleeping bag with glitter around her missing eyes.

Zoe Richards

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HOUSE OF HORRORS

Coroner and Wife Accused of Running Funeral Home From Hell

Chantal Reh handed her stillborn baby’s body over to Shannon and Staci Kent in 2018. She still has no idea if the ashes she got back are her daughter’s.

Justin Rohrlich

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‘Not a Doctor, Man’

Morgues Are Flooded in Mississippi and Coroners Are Spooked

COVID-19 deaths are exploding in the state—and it may be a massive undercount. One coroner put it simply: “It’s bad.”

Larrison Campbell

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‘HOMICIDE’

L.A. Coroner: Deputy Shot Andres Guardado 5 Times in Back

The coroner released the autopsy—which deemed the teen’s death a homicide—despite a security hold on the document.

Pilar Melendez

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NO EXCUSE

This Is How Horribly They’re Treating the Dead in Brooklyn

Before police found decomposing bodies in trucks outside a Brooklyn funeral home, a mourner saw a horrifying sign it was overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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SAD

Medical Examiner: Remains Found Are 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis

The remains were discovered in Arkansas last week.

Audrey McNamara

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SAD

Raniya Wright’s Death Unrelated to School Fight: Prosecutor

“It was a matter of time,” the prosecutor said.

Audrey McNamara

HOUSE OF HORRORS

Family Gets $10M in Vet’s Horrific Death

Justice at last for the African-American Army vet who died of a broken neck in a Tulsa jail as staff taunted him by dropping food and water beyond his reach.

Kate Briquelet

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