Death Investigation
Death investigation is more than an autopsy. Death investigation correlates witness and environmental evidence with the findings of a focused, medicolegal autopsy. The forensic pathologist prior to an autopsy learns to anticipate the questions that will arise from a death so that he will be prepared to answer them.
The autopsy has been around for centuries. This time-honored procedure is a scientific examination of a dead person to determine what caused the death and to discover any and all evidence of disease or injury in that person. The autopsy is not mutilating. All incisions are made in areas of the body that are easily covered, so no one can tell that an autopsy was performed when the body is viewed at the funeral. The pathologist removes only those fluids and tissues needed for a complete and accurate analysis. All organs are otherwise placed back into the body at the end of the procedure.
Dr. Young can help you find answers through an autopsy of:
- an unembalmed body
- an embalmed body
- someone recently dead
- someone remotely dead, even skeletonized
- a previously autopsied body
- a previously buried or entombed body
Dr. Young utilizes the support of Midwest Autopsy and Medical Services. The fee schedule has contact information for Midwest Autopsy. All private autopsies (autopsies not ordered by a coroner or medical examiner) require a completed autopsy authorization form.