

TV shows often portray coroners as forensic medical examiners, but those are different jobs in practice. A coroner is really just the person in charge of handling dead people for a region. Declaring them dead, arranging for transport to next of kin, and sometimes handing them over to a medical examiner if things are suspicious. Each area will typically have a single elected or appointed coroner who will hire or contract medical examiners and other staff as needed.












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