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
- Forensic Pathologist rates 11 autopsy scenes in movies and TV
- Dr Joye Carter was the first black female chief medical examiner in the United States, and has more than 30 years experience in the field of Forensic Pathology. She rates the realism of post mortem scenes in movies, such as "Se7en" (1995), "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" (2016), "Contagion" (2013) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). She also rates autopsy scenes from "House" (2009), "NCIS" (2017) and "CSI: New York" (2009).
- Disha Salian's death: No crime scene analysis done as botched autopsy comes to light
- "With Disha's body cremated and no photographic evidence or crucial forensic materials in hand, the investigating police agency could have otherwise sought a second forensic opinion from medico legal experts. Now they have missed out on a strong scientific evidence, to rule out any foul play," explained Dr Rajesh Dhere, professor and head of the department, LTMG. [Sherlock Holmes is alive and well in India.]
- Lawsuit: Top City Official Pressured SF Medical Examiner Administrator To Alter Adachi Autopsy Report
- SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — A year-and-a-half after the death of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the public disagreement over the cause of his death has now become the subject of a lawsuit that accuses a top city official of pressuring a Medical Examiner administrator to change the autopsy report.
- Mom Wants Case Reopened In Son's Death After Independent Autopsy
- PALATINE, IL — The mother of a Palatine boy who died Oct. 31, 2019 is adamant police reopen the investigation into her son's death after an independent autopsy determined his cause of death is attributed to complications from a spinal cord injury, leaving her with more questions than answers.
- Hackel: Coroner Dan Spitz contract may be in jeopardy over morgue scandal
- Macomb County Chief Medical Examiner Daniel Spitz could end up losing his longtime contract if investigators conclude that he knew about alleged sexual misconduct and racism going on at the morgue and didn't do anything about it, according to County Executive Mark Hackel.
- Forensic Team Did Not Collect Sushant Singh Rajput's Finger Swabs, Nails
- Crucial finger swabs and nail clippings of Sushant Singh Rajput were not collected by the team of forensic surgeons during the actor's autopsy on June 14 at Cooper Hospital after he allegedly hanged himself. Sources said these, and dust particles from the ceiling fan and on the cloth he used to hang himself, both could have helped rule out foul play. This swab could have indicated if dust particles from the ceiling fan were present on Sushant's fingers. This would have cleared the ambiguity over foul play," said a forensic surgeon from a city medical college on condition of anonymity.
- 4 Macomb medical examiner employees on leave in racism, sexism probe
- Four employees at the Macomb County Medical Examiner’s Office, including a supervisor, are on paid administrative leave amid an investigation into allegations of sexism and racism. The probe was launched this month by county human resources officials who seized computers and other records from the office. It stems from a July 18 email from an employee who alleged a longstanding culture of racism and sexism in the office.
- Macomb County morgue buried in scandal after penis cake shows up at office
- In the same week that George Floyd was killed, a cake decorated with a Black penis on it showed up in the conference room at the Macomb County Medical Examiner's Office. Not only was the cake offensive, says one investigator, but it highlighted a chronic problem at the morgue that has now cost three employees their jobs.
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