How does a research scientist with a background in philosophy end up being elected County Coroner?
by Ann Mary Quarandillo Photo: Ted Brummond, U. of Wyoming Photo Services Television forensic investigators have it easy. They find half a fingerprint and a speck of blood, manage to construct an entire case based on that evidence, and wrap it all up in an hour- maybe two if it’s a season finale. The real life of a county coroner is much different. With television shows like CSI raising unrealistic expectations among juries, a coroner or medical examiner’s work has become more challenging than ever. Tom Furgeson ’89 has been working to improve investigative standards as County Coroner for Albany County, Wyoming, since his election in 2007. Before that, he served for three years as deputy coroner. In his view, accurate investigation of unattended or suspicious deaths is a matter of respect for the dead and their families. “There are about as many medicolegal death investigation systems as there are states,” he explains. At one end of the spectrum there are large states like California,
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