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Body of missing Salida woman discovered
December 16, 2011 5:49 PM
Search teams discovered body of a missing Salida woman Friday morning after two days of looking for her. According to a news release from the Chaffee County Sheriffs Office, the body of Sue Johnson, 55, was discovered in a sitting position with her back against a tree. She was located... more » -
Few details available on suspicious death investigation
August 21, 2011 11:56 AM
Colorado Springs Police Spokesperson Sgt Darrin Abbink tells KOAA News 5 that there are very few details they can release at this time about the investigation of a suspicious death. Abbink said that officers were called to the 1600 block of Rushmore Drive at 12:59 am Sunday on the report... more » -
Colorado seeks to change patchwork autopsy system
April 3, 2011 10:47 AM
DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers are nearing agreement on the state's first uniform standards for which deaths get an autopsy. The state currently has no law detailing which deaths require a forensic autopsy. Colorado's 63 coroners are mostly elected, not appointed, and the posts have minimal requirements. To qualify,... more » -
Autopsy planned on body found on Berthoud Pass
January 20, 2011 8:20 AM
WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) - An autopsy is planned on a body found where a snowboarder went missing on Berthoud Pass. Searchers believe the body they found Wednesday is that of a snowboarder last seen during a snow storm Monday. A friend says he and 26-year-old Jeffrey Miller of... more » -
Discovery Channel says Jackson autopsy show is postponed
December 31, 2010 6:22 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Discovery Channel says it has indefinitely postponed the broadcast of a show purporting to re-enact Michael Jackson's autopsy. Discovery Networks International made the announcement in a statement Friday. It cited the start of hearings next week in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jackson's... more » -
Autopsy findings provisionally rule out foul play in death of Mindy Lynn Lee
December 4, 2010 1:55 PM
Woodland Park Police have released a statement following the autopsy of Mindy Lynn Lee. The autopsy was completed this morning and medical personnel from the El Paso County Coroner's Office stating that while the final determination of Mindy Lee's death is still pending toxicology results, all of the preliminary... more » -
Identity of dead jail inmate released
August 19, 2010 5:22 PM
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office has released the name of an inmate who died on August 17. The inmate, Brian O'Leary, 51 was found unresponsive in his cell. He was taken to a hospital, but died there. The El Paso County Coroner conducted an autopsy the next day.... more » -
Instruments from Elvis' embalming to be auctioned
July 21, 2010 9:43 AM
Instruments used in Elvis Presley's autopsy and embalming are going up for auction in Chicago, including the "John Doe" toe tag used after the original was stolen amid the chaos at the hospital following his death. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will hold the auction Aug. 12, four days before the... more » -
Body found in Colorado River near Grand Junction
July 12, 2010 10:18 AM
A body has been retrieved from the Colorado River west of Grand Junction. Mesa County sheriff's deputies have not released the name or gender of the victim. They say there are no indications of foul play. Rafters reported seeing the body on Sunday. A county coroner's investigator recovered... more » -
Baby dies on airline flight
February 25, 2010 5:13 PM
An autopsy has been performed on a 1-year-old Japanese boy who went into cardiac arrest aboard a flight about an hour before it landed at Honolulu International Airport. The city medical examiner's office says there was no preliminary cause of death determined for Hyeondo Seo of Tokyo. State... more » -
Body of missing woman found at Sand Dunes
December 3, 2009 5:55 PM
The body of a Colorado Springs woman was found Thursday morning at the Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley. The Alamosa Daily News is now reporting she may have died of hypothermia. Park rangers found the car of 27-year-old Kristin Weiss Wednesday night, and searchers found her body... more » -
Autopsy set for Madoff associate found in pool
October 26, 2009 11:09 AM
An autopsy was planned for a man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff. Jeffry Picower was found by his wife Sunday at the bottom of a pool at the couple's sprawling oceanside Palm Beach mansion. He died a short... more » -
Autopsy: Jackson was in good overall health
October 1, 2009 12:43 PM
Michael Jackson's arms were covered with punctures, his face and neck were scarred and he had tattooed eyebrows and lips, but he wasn't the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids, according to his autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. In fact, the Los Angeles County coroner's... more » -
Autopsy: Yale graduate student was suffocated
September 16, 2009 6:49 PM
The Connecticut medical examiner says a Yale graduate student found dead in her lab building was killed by asphyxiation caused by neck trauma. Dr. Wayne Carver's office released the results Wednesday, three days after the body of 24-year-old Annie Le was found. Carver had previously announced Le's death as a... more » -
Body of missing Pueblo County hunter found
September 16, 2009 4:49 PM
A massive search effort in Pueblo County has ended tragically with the discovery of a man's body near Camp Jackson. The Rye man was reported missing by his family when he failed to return from a weekend hunting trip. Ricky Greenhood's body was found in a ravine. The Pueblo County... more » -
El Paso County woman, 79, run over and killed by tractor
September 14, 2009 11:08 AM
El Paso County deputies say a 79-year-old woman was killed when she fell from a moving tractor and was run over by it. The woman was killed Sunday about nine miles south of Fountain. Her name hasn't been released. The sheriff's office says neighbors found the woman when they saw... more »
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