Skip to Main Content

ADVERTISEMENT

Coroner

Kentucky Christian College Student Was Strangled to Death

‘PASSIONATE HEART’

Eighteen-year-old Josiah Malachi Kilman’s cause of death was “asphyxia by manual strangulation,” according to authorities.

Justin Rohrlich | Published Feb 26, 2024

Coroner Investigator Charged With Stealing From the Dead

GRIM

In one incident, he was allegedly caught on camera taking a gold necklace from a body.

Dan Ladden-Hall | Published Nov 09, 2023

Police Find 31 Bodies Decomposing in Indiana Funeral Home

SPOOKY

The bodies were transported in a refrigerated truck to the Clark County Coroner’s Office for identification, police said.

Alan Halaly | Published Jul 02, 2022

ADVERTISEMENT

Cause of Death Revealed for Mummified, Eyeless ‘Cult’ Leader

GRUESOME

Mystery initially shrouded Amy Carlson’s death after her decomposing corpse was found in a Colorado home, wrapped in a sleeping bag with glitter around her missing eyes.

Zoe Richards | Published Dec 02, 2021

Coroner and Wife Accused of Running Funeral Home From Hell

HOUSE OF HORRORS

Chantal Reh handed her stillborn baby’s body over to Shannon and Staci Kent in 2018. She still has no idea if the ashes she got back are her daughter’s.

Justin Rohrlich | Published Feb 20, 2021

Morgues Are Flooded in Mississippi and Coroners Are Spooked

‘Not a Doctor, Man’

COVID-19 deaths are exploding in the state—and it may be a massive undercount. One coroner put it simply: “It’s bad.”

Larrison Campbell | Published Aug 02, 2020

L.A. Coroner: Deputy Shot Andres Guardado 5 Times in Back

‘HOMICIDE’

The coroner released the autopsy—which deemed the teen’s death a homicide—despite a security hold on the document.

Pilar Melendez | Published Jul 10, 2020
opinion

This Is How Horribly They’re Treating the Dead in Brooklyn

NO EXCUSE

Before police found decomposing bodies in trucks outside a Brooklyn funeral home, a mourner saw a horrifying sign it was overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

AD BY The Daily Beast | Published May 01, 2020

Medical Examiner: Remains Found Are 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis

SAD

The remains were discovered in Arkansas last week.

Audrey McNamara | Published Jun 03, 2019

Raniya Wright’s Death Unrelated to School Fight: Prosecutor

SAD

“It was a matter of time,” the prosecutor said.

Audrey McNamara | Published Apr 19, 2019

ADVERTISEMENT