MistyWaters
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My apologies, I should have looked at that comparison deeper. thank you for the accurate update.
I think the topic of the Coroners/Medical Examiners in Canada is a topic well worth discussing as it’s often misunderstood.
In the US, Coroners, an elected role, interface with the public far more than here in Canada. In both counties it’s necessary for there to be a close working relationship during homicide investigations but in Canada it’s LE’s role to be the public interface. We’d never see a Coroner announcing the results of a suspicious death investigation here, nor autopsy results. Maybe for that reason the media seldom mentions the involvement of the Coroner’s Office at all, almost as if it doesn’t exist, leading one to draw the possible conclusion LE is totally responsible from beginning to end.
ETA - Regarding the Sherman homicides, KD has led the public to believe TPS was totally responsible for determining whether or not homicides occurred, deciding it must’ve been after interviewing the family’s pathologist. He completely removed the Coroners Office from any involvement in the death investigation whatsoever. Why he’d do that I don’t know other than it makes for a simple yet dramatic, sensationalistic storyline including his taking of credit for the breaking news.
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