Description
Human remains are treated as a separate and unique type of forensic evidence. An autopsy of the remains is completed to determine the cause and manner of any death that is violent, unusual or untimely. A forensic pathologist will examine the human remains (post-mortem examination) and consider death scene findings.
Articles
- Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices Points to Solutions for a System Under Stress
- Forensic Science Research and Development Technology Working Group: Operational Requirements
- The Value of Nonhuman Animal Models in Forensic Decomposition Research
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Awards
Resources for Medicolegal Death Investigators
The Federal Interagency Medicolegal Death Investigation Working Group is coordinating national programs and strategies to support medical examiners, coroners and medicolegal death investigators.
The working group is a collaboration between the Office of Justice Programs and the Department of Health and Human Services