Reporting Desk The Reporting Desk is in charge of receiving the initial notification of death from reporting parties such as law enforcement, health care providers, families and funeral …

January 24, 2025 - The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner has positively identified 18 of the 28 victims of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. The identification information is linked below.

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January 7, 2025 – The next of kin for decedents seen by the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner (DME) will not be charged transportation and storage fees the DME …

The Medical Examiner-Coroner Public Services Division’s mission is to provide responsive, efficient, and fiscally conscientious technical decedent processing services in a professional …

This information is presented to provide mortuary and crematory personnel with general and specific information concerning those cases that come under the jurisdiction of the County of …

Jan 7, 2025 · The Department of Medical Examiner is an independent investigative agency that annually performs medicolegal death investigation of over 13,000 cases involving certain types …

What do I do now? Select a funeral home and inform the Funeral Director that the death is being handled by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Ask them to …

December 29, 2025 – On December 24 at 10:30 a.m., the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner (Department) received a court order, initiated by the Los Angeles Police …

The responsibilities of the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner are complex. By state law it is the responsibility of the department to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner …