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But there's little stopping Christopher Tape from succeeding his former boss, Coroner Charles Preston, as the next coroner in in St. Tammany Parish.
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But there's little stopping Christopher Tape from succeeding his former boss, Coroner Charles Preston, as the next coroner in in St. Tammany Parish.
Barron writes: It is hard work to find a system that can fit all of Wyoming counties with their vastly differing needs, culture and wealth.
Many Wyoming counties contract with out-of-state forensic pathologists to do autopsies, and seem to like it that way, as a bill that would create a state pathologist position failed to get enough support Monday to advance to a vote.
Some coroners in Louisiana ignore state autopsy laws and illegally cremate bodies even when deaths occur under suspicious circumstances, according to testimony in a legislative committee. The testimony came Tuesday
A legislative committee is moving forward with plans to possibly provide a statewide forensic pathologist to conduct autopsies in Wyoming.