Scout
Well-Known Member
The person who answers the 911 phone is not going to care if i say i am the surgeon general, imo. They send EMS and the cops. Officially pronouncing a person dead is also signing the death certif.. declaring cause and manner of death etc. Note i say OFFICIALLY, because it would not take a rocket scientist to come upon a badly bludgeoned and unrecognizable, profusely bleeding and possibly starting to decompose body and say that person is dead. The death certif, however has to come , in these cases, from a MD in the ME office. JMO I am going to add that i am sure an ME was called to the scene and then in time the body was sent to the coroners office for an autopsy and forensics. imo
My comment has nothing to do with issuance of a death certificate or the official declaration of the death of Teresa Sievers. I'm merely stating that the sheriff's press release stated that his officers responded to the scene in reference to a deceased female. Unless he misstated, that means it was already determined that the victim was dead before first responders arrived. A licensed MD is qualified to make that determination in this case. In the case of a decomposing corpse or skeletal remains, anyone would be qualified to determine the victim is dead. There's no need for EMS when the victim is known to be dead. Responders would be LE investigators and Medical Examiner's personnel.