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  • Efforts made to recall St. Tammany Parish Coroner

    March 26, 2013 11:38 AM

    COVINGTON - A St. Tammany Parish citizens' group has voted to launch a recall drive against Coroner Peter Galvan, whose spending habits and operations are under investigation. The Times-Picayune reports the leadership of Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany Parish decided Monday to undertake the recall, which requires that they gather... more »
  • Body not yet ID'd as Dorner, so protection continues

    February 13, 2013 4:14 PM

    BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - Police said protection for people threatened by former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner will continue, even though Dorner is believed dead after a confrontation with police at a mountain cabin. Otherwise, Los Angeles police say they've returned to normal patrol operations. Coroners... more »
  • Coroner: Woman who crashed into creek died of natural causes

    December 12, 2012 2:23 PM

    Baton Rouge- An 89-year-old woman whose car crashed into Wards Creek from an Interstate 10 East exit ramp near the Mall of Louisiana died of natural causes shortly before the car plunged into the water, that's according to the parish coroner. Autopsy results show Vivian Augustin died of a... more »
  • Woman killed in wreck had a history of traffic violations Play Video

    November 13, 2012 6:16 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge woman died this morning after driving into a van on Jefferson Highway. The woman, 29-year-old Shannan Taylor, was due in court tomorrow morning for driving without a license in an unregistered car. She was leaving her boyfriend's apartment, after they got into an... more »
  • Coroner promises changes after fetus wrongfully cremated Play Video

    October 29, 2012 6:03 PM

    LIVINGSTON- The accidental cremation of remains scheduled for autopsy in a feticide case is triggering changes at the Livingston Parish Coroner's office. The Coroner's office does not have a morgue, and usually passes bodies on to a third-party funeral home for storage until an autopsy can be completed. ... more »
  • Mental illness investigations increase in EBR Play Video

    October 15, 2012 3:57 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Experts said a police standoff this weekend highlights a growing mental health problem in East Baton Rouge Parish. Over the weekend 42-year old Kelli Leon locked herself inside a home in Sherwood Forest and fired a weapon, according to Baton Rouge Police. The SWAT Team was... more »
  • Shunick's body released to family

    August 21, 2012 11:08 AM

    LAFAYETTE - The body of Mickey Shunick was returned to her family, according to the Lafayette Parish Coroner. Shunick's family plans to have a private funeral for friends and family and a public memorial to celebrate Mickey's life. The date of the public memorial has not been set. Shunick... more »
  • Heart attack likely caused death in NY lake rescue

    August 8, 2012 11:49 AM

    CARMEL, N.Y. - A coroner says a heart attack probably caused the death of a woman whose body was found in the middle of a suburban New York reservoir with a 6-year-old girl clinging to it. The coroner says an autopsy revealed that Pamela Kaner, a friend of the girl's... more »
  • Coroner: Hemsley died of natural cause; no autopsy

    July 25, 2012 12:49 PM

    EL PASO, Texas - The El Paso medical examiner's office says Sherman Hemsley, who played George Jefferson in the television sitcom "The Jeffersons," died of natural causes and that no autopsy will be performed. Coroner's office administration manager Irene Santiago said Wednesday that the 74-year-old actor had been ill. She... more »
  • Deputies: Inmate died from natural causes

    July 4, 2012 12:37 PM

    LIVINGSTON - Deputies said an inmate in Livingston Parish died of natural causes while in the jail this week. A sheriff's department spokesperson said Charles David Dunn, 47, died Tuesday in the Livingston Parish Detention Center. Livingston Parish Coroner Dr. Ron Coe performed an autopsy and found Dunn... more »
  • Coroner: RFK Jr.'s wife died of hanging

    May 17, 2012 11:12 AM

    BEDFORD, N.Y.- A medical examiner in suburban New York says the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. died of asphyxiation due to hanging. Mary Richardson Kennedy was discovered dead Wednesday on the family's property in Bedford. She was 52, and had struggled with drug and alcohol charges in recent years.... more »
  • "Swamp People" star Guist died of natural causes

    May 16, 2012 4:14 PM

    GONZALES - An autopsy confirmed that Swamp People star Mitchell Guist died from natural causes earlier this week, according to his friend and manager. Todd Alexander said the coroner told Guist's family the results of his report earlier today, and they were in the middle of planning funeral arrangements... more »
  • Clark works on transition as coroner

    November 24, 2011 2:26 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Newly elected East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William "Beau" Clark doesn't take office for more than three months, yet he's already at work. Clark says he's putting together a transition team that will help him "hit the road running" when he begins his role... more »
  • EBR coroner has new drug policy

    July 17, 2011 12:28 PM

    BATON ROUGE- The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office has a new policy requiring its personnel to keep track of drugs found at death scenes. The policy comes after police found such drugs inside the home of coroner's office employee Raymond Levie, who was shot to death June 24... more »
  • House fire claims the life of Caddo Parish couple

    July 5, 2011 2:11 AM

    GREENWOOD- Investigators are looking into a house fire that killed a married couple in Caddo Parish. Officials say Elgin Ralph Elliott, 83, and Mary Elliott, 84, were in the home sleeping when the fire broke out around 9 p.m. in the 4700 block of Greenwood Heights Road. When... more »
  • Coroner examines possible remains found in Gretna

    April 17, 2011 9:18 PM

    GRETNA- The Jefferson Parish coroner's office is trying to determine whether remains found in a wooded area today are those of a human skull. Deputies say people who were out for a walk found the possible remains this morning on the same lot where body parts were found more... more »
  • Some victims in New Orleans warehouse fire ID'd

    December 31, 2010 11:59 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans' coroner's office has released the identities of four of the eight young victims who died when a fire destroyed the abandoned warehouse where they were trying to keep warm. They were 20-year-old Jonathan Guerrero from Texas; 17-year-old Melissa Martinez from Scotts Valley, Calif.; 22-year-old Jeffrey... more »
  • Man dies after trying to break in through skylight

    November 3, 2010 5:18 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - The coroner's investigator says the man whose decomposing body was found tangled in a cable beneath a warehouse skylight died after a 30-foot fall as he tried to break into the building. Alfredo Saba had been dead about a week when he was found in the warehouse... more »
  • Thibodaux resident found dead in parked car

    September 14, 2010 6:58 AM

    A Thibodaux man, whose body was found in a parked car, had head trauma but the Lafourche Parish coroner says the cause of death remains unclassified pending further investigation. Lafourche Parish Coroner Dr. John King tells The Courier that 53-year-old Darry Tillman Matthews had a subdural hematoma, or blood pooled... more »
  • Four confirmed dead in Calif. fire

    September 10, 2010 9:03 AM

    County coroner confirms four people died in a massive fire and explosion south of San Francisco. The explosion, apparently caused by a broken gas line, destroyed more than 50 houses and damaged dozens of others. more »
  • Woman dead after shooting in Livingston Parish

    September 7, 2010 7:15 PM

    A woman is dead after a shooting in Livingston Parish. Authorities said it happened on Florida Boulevard in Holden and began as a domestic dispute. They said the man involved is in custody and being questioned. News 2’s Kristy Davis spoke with neighbors about what happened. more »
  • Ill. inmate died in agony while pleading for help

    June 27, 2010 2:13 PM

    For days before he died in a federal prison, an Illinois inmate named Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor. But he never got any help. An autopsy concluded that the 36-year-old prisoner suffered from no fewer than three serious illnesses - cancer, hepatitis and HIV.... more »
  • Ed Buggs update: Autopsy performed

    May 6, 2010 12:53 PM

    Update: Chief Operating Officer with the Coroner’s Office, Don Moreau, says there is no physical cause of death at this time, meaning there was no evidence of a heart attack, stroke, brain bleed, etc. They are now waiting on the toxicology in hopes to determine cause of death. Former WBRZ... more »
  • Coroner rules oil exec's death a drowning

    March 10, 2010 2:07 PM

    The New Orleans coroner says 54-year-old Douglas Schantz hit his head and drowned in the Mississippi River over the weekend. The oil executive from Houston wandered onto the Steamboat Natchez dock after leaving Bourbon Street Friday morning. He climbed over a guard rail and fell off the dock. A... more »
  • Bones found on Chandeleur Island

    January 25, 2010 1:45 PM

    A man whose bones were found over the weekend on one of the Chandeleur Islands still has not been identified. Investigators are trying to find out who he was by studying the teeth. Deputies in St. Bernard Parish say a sports fisherman found the remains Saturday and called the... more »
  • New governmental building in Livingston Parish

    October 29, 2009 4:50 PM

    The new Livingston Parish Governmental Building is under construction in the town of Livingston behind the Parish Health Unit. Crews are about a month ahead of schedule, meaning you could be doing business at the new building just after Jan. 1. That's when the Office of Motor Vehicles is... more »

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