Forensic Pathology News
Dr. Young will post links to news articles that interest him about
forensic pathology, medical examiners, coroners and death
investigation in this section.
Pathology in the News
- Tiahleigh Palmer: coroner rejects foster father’s claim he accidentally suffocated Queensland girl
- The Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer likely died as a result of choking or asphyxiation in a deliberate act by her foster father, a coroner has found. The convicted sex offender Rick Thorburn told the inquest into Tiahleigh’s death he accidentally suffocated his foster daughter but this was rejected by the deputy state coroner, Jane Bentley, on Friday. “I find that Richard Thorburn deliberately killed Tiahleigh, he did so at the residence of the Thorburn family between 7.30pm and 9.30pm on 29 October 2015,” she said when handing down her findings in Brisbane.
- Coroners don’t do autopsies and other quirks of Pa.’s death-investigation system
- The roles of forensic pathologists and county coroners run parallel, as the coroners need the autopsy report to determine the cause of death, but the forensic pathologists need information from the coroner to understand the context of each case.
- WEB OF LIES Caroline Crouch murder – Chilling body language signs that exposed husband’s lies as he fooled world in TV interviews
- But in a sensational twist, the pilot yesterday confessed to cops after more than eight hours of interrogation in Athens. His shameless attempts to disguise the truth have now been revealed by a body language expert.
- Jamal Sutherland's death certificate changed to homicide, attorneys say
- A pathologist who completed the autopsy on Sutherland ruled the manner of death as undetermined and said that Sutherland died "as a result of excited state with adverse pharmacotherapeutic effect during subdual process."
- Allegheny County chief medical examiner explains origins of opioid epidemic, how to combat
- "Society has to be aware of the criminals - the Sacklers for god's sake - five years ago the Sacklers were the sixth richest family in the country. That's all based on the sale of of oxycodone. One drug - 90% of which was sold in the U.S.," Williams said. The manifestation of the crisis started in West Virginia and the hills of Pennsylvania. The Sackler's sold oxycodone to a Medicare population, who soon grew an addiction. These people turned to heroin, which leads into fentanyl, Williams said.
- Malaysian court rejects coroner's verdict in teen's death
- The coroner had ruled out homicide, natural death and suicide and said she likely got lost after leaving her family’s cottage on her own, and that no one else was involved. Police have said there was no evidence of foul play, but her parents said she wouldn't have wandered off on her own. They told the inquest that a third party could have dumped her body in the area following the search for her. The coroner had described the family’s suggestions as “nothing more than probably theory” with no evidence.
- Nationally renowned pathologist responds to Solicitor's statement on Jamal Sutherland
- Wilson also mentioned she is getting a second opinion for Sutherland's autopsy from Dr. Kim Collins, a renowned, board-certified forensic pathologist. She said she expects the finding of a homicide from that autopsy.
- Solicitor still deciding on charges in Sutherland case after coroner's homicide ruling
- More about case above.
Pathology Links
- ACCPE means Affirming the Consequent for Complex Past Events. It is The Sherlock Effect.
- Whenever an expert states the past events that occurred on the basis of looking only at the physical evidence without reference to eyewitness statements, he or she is Affirming the Consequent for Complex Past Events. This is not only logically invalid and unsound, it never works in practice, Sherlock Holmes, CSI and Bones notwithstanding. Whenever ACCPE is listed in my comments to a news article, recognize one more tragic example of how this fallacy can destroy lives. ACCPE can also be understood as "backward reasoning,""effect-to-cause reasoning," or "abductive inference."
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- ForensicScienceDegree.org
- For further information on forensic science.
- National Association of Medical Examiners