Why is a body brought to the Coroners Office?
The remains of deceased persons are brought to the Coroner’s Office because Ohio Law requires that the coroner investigate deaths of persons dying from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly, when unattended by a physician for a reasonable period of time, in detention, or in any suspicious or unusual manner. Another reason that a body may be brought to the Coroner’s Office is that the identity of the deceased or next of kin is unknown.
