16 Oct
2024
16 Oct
'24
1:58 p.m.
when my brother died at home, in bed, with his wife, in evanston so same state different
city, an autopsy had to be performed. What if a relative came back 5 months later and
claimed the wife killed him? what if a home intruder killed the person, including by
feeding carbon monoxide into the building or something even less obvious? besides
possible criminal behavior, there is inheritance issues. Or if he died from eating bad
food, somebody to be sued by heirs. the hospital is excluded because the doctor's
statement is sufficient.
<pre>--Carey</pre>
On 10/15/2024 10:13 PM CDT Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
> When my mom died, at home , at age 99, the
ambulance people said that
> an autopsy has to be performed when someone dies at home. The police
> also came and said the same thing.
> When my mother-in-law passed, in the hospital, no autopsy needed to be
> done.
> I did not ask specifics in either case.
On Tue, 15 Oct 2024, Ali via cctalk wrote:
Was an autopsy actually done? Did they contact
you with a report/result? I can almost guarantee that a 99 y.o. passing in her home will
not warrant an autopsy short of some other horrible thing happening at the same time e.g.
arsonist set the house on fire and now the DA wants to link the death to the arson to add
a murder charge.
Are there differences in different areas?
Is "autopsy has to be performed" a city, county, state, or federal mandate?
Ward Christensen died in Rolling Meadows, IL
What are the rules THERE?