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• Week after deputy shot, killed man, autopsy and search warrant provide few clues into reasoning Play Video

  July 30, 2019 4:35 PM

  PORT ALLEN – Josef Richardson, the man shot by a West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputy a week ago Thursday, died when the bullet fired from the deputy's gun pierced the back of his neck and severed part of his spinal cord, an autopsy showed. The report, released Tuesday... more »

• Autopsy: Fetus found in sewer was stillborn Play Video

  January 22, 2018 5:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Autopsy results released Monday by the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner indicate that a fetus found over the weekend in a Baton Rouge sewer was stillborn. The autopsy stated the fetus was a male and weighed a little more than half a pound. Doctors were able to... more »

• Autopsy of Alton Sterling sealed from public by court order

  August 2, 2016 1:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A court order has been issued by a federal judge to keep the autopsy results of Alton Sterling sealed from the public. An additional court order was issued to seal the initial order to seal the autopsy, according to East Baton Rouge Coroner Beau Clark. "Our... more »

• EBR Coroner: DNA results will be needed to ID body found near Grosse Tete Play Video

  June 15, 2016 11:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office says DNA results from the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab will be needed to determine whether or not a body found near Grosse Tete belongs to missing school administrator Lyntell Washington. WATCH WBRZ NEWS 2 LIVE UPDATE ON FACEBOOK LIVE... more »

• Medical examiner: Water, drugs led to Bobbi Kristina's death

  March 4, 2016 8:24 AM

  ATLANTA, GA.- A medical examiner says Bobbi Kristina Brown's face being immersed in water, along with drug intoxication, led to her death last year. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office in Atlanta released a statement Friday morning on the death as it prepares to release the full autopsy report. The... more »

• EBR Parish Coroner's Office to perform Derrick Todd Lee autopsy

  January 22, 2016 2:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The earliest reports from the East Baton Rouge Coroner's Office autopsy of deceased serial killer Derrick Todd Lee indicate the man died of natural causes. The coroner is still waiting on final results from pathologists. Lee died Thursday at the age of 47. Earlier Friday,... more »