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Medium Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to communication with other entities and procedures for notifying next of kin, cold-case review, operational tasks, including scene management, report preparation, and body bag handling, and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at other facilities.
May 2026
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Medium Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to responding to various calls, documenting decedent history, handling known decedents, hospital cases, and investigations and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at other facilities.
May 2026
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Small Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to communication with law enforcement, response expectations, transitioning case responsibility, identification methods, pronouncement of death, handling unidentified remains and cases involving non-US citizen decedents, and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2026
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Riverside County Coroner uses MUHR funding to strengthen forensic infrastructure and advance case resolutions

Support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program has significantly enhanced the Riverside County Coroner’s (RCC’s) investigative and identification capabilities, resulting in measurable operational improvements and case progress. MUHR funding enabled RCC to acquire portable dental imaging equipment, allowing investigators to conduct postmortem dental radiographs directly at exhumation sites. This capability has addressed long-standing gaps in cases lacking prior dental records, expanding the number of cases that can be meaningfully evaluated. RCC also leveraged MUHR funding to purchase scanning and computer equipment, which facilitated the complete digitization of legacy case files. Historical records have been organized into a centralized digital system, eliminating the need for manual file retrieval and enabling rapid access to case information, improving both efficiency and case review capacity. Additionally, MUHR funding supported exhumation efforts that enabled RCC to complete dental charting, obtain dental X-rays, and collect biological samples for DNA analysis. The resulting information has provided Riverside County with several investigative leads, further strengthening its ability to evaluate unresolved cases. Collectively, these outcomes demonstrate how MUHR funding strengthens foundational forensic infrastructure, enhances investigative capabilities, and supports the resolution of long-standing unidentified remains cases.
May 2026
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Medium Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to notifying next of kin, shift changes, decedent identification, child fatalities, fetal deaths, hospital/hospice deaths, unidentified cases, and undetermined cases and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office that performs autopsies in-house and at other facilities.
May 2026
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Small Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to deferred cases, positive identification, scene investigation, search warrants, infant death, time of death, notification to OSHA, and witness interviewing and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities.
May 2026
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Small Office: Investigative Practices Documents

These documents pertain to disease reporting, reporting neonatal deaths, deaths after medical intervention, entomology procedures, photography, communication with law enforcement, and next of kin notification and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities. 
May 2026
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Small Office: Death Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to advanced decomposition, case updates, deaths involving children, cold cases, deaths in custody, and declaration of death and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A” as well as IACME Investigative Practices, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a small office that performs autopsies at other facilities.
May 2026
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Large Office: Evidence Handling and Investigation Documents

These documents pertain to jurisdiction, retention and disposition of prescription and illicit drugs, how to handle evidence, and final disposition of human remains and address standards for NAME Investigations, section “B”. These examples are reflective of a large office that performs autopsies in-house.
May 2026
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Medium Office: Mass Disaster Plan

These documents pertain to responding to mass casualty incidents, and address standards for IACME Agency Practices, section “A”. These examples are reflective of a medium-sized office with autopsies performed at their state medical examiner’s office.
May 2026