curious1
So broccoli, mother says your good for me,well I'm
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Thank you for your kinds words. 2 of her three children are grown with families of their own. The youngest sadly, passed away from lukemia while in jr high. She was one of the happiest kids even with what happend to her mother and then getting sick. The other 2 children still miss their mother, but they have thrived beyond everyones wildest expectations. They have no interest any longer in finding out what happened. It still is painful for them, but they have chosen not to dwell on it and let it rule or ruin their lives. Her mother was the same way. Lived to the ripe old age of 89 and enjoyed every day to the fullest and enjoyed her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Please read this info on NC Medical Examiners....
The North Carolina Medical Examiner System is a network of over 600 medical doctors throughout North Carolina who voluntarily devote their time, energy, and medical expertise to see that deaths of a suspicious, unusual or unnatural nature are adequately investigated. At the county level, medical practitioners are appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner for three-year terms as county medical examiners. In counties where there are no physicians willing or able to serve, non-physicians may be appointed to serve as acting medical examiners. By law, medical examiners must be notified when a death occurs in their county that falls within the statutorily defined categories. The county medical examiners take charge of the body of the deceased and conduct such examination as is necessary to properly determine the cause and manner of death. These duties are all in addition to their normal roles as private practitioners. In evaluating a case, they must consult with law enforcement officers, relatives, and/or other individuals who may have knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the death. They conduct a physical examination of the body to detect or rule out signs of violence. On many occasions, they visit the place where the death occurred or where the body was found in order to gather more data. In some instances, in order to properly complete their investigation, they may decide that an autopsy is necessary. The law gives them the authority to order an autopsy should they deem it advisable. Such an autopsy is performed by a pathologist who has been designated by the Chief Medical Examiner as competent and capable of performing the examination. Most of these pathologists are in private practice, like the medical examiners, and participate on a voluntary basis. They report their findings to the county medical examiners, who must consider them when they render their opinion as to the cause and manner of death. Twenty-four pathology groups around the state perform such medicolegal autopsies in addition to the OCME and the Mecklenburg medical examinersÆ office.
An autopsy is not mandatory unless there are signs of foul play. After conducting the investigation and talking with his wife, somone somewhere deemed it non-suspicious. After that there is nothing else LE can do. In my opinion that might have been where things started to go wrong. I would find out who is the ME for the city of Durham and start there. If you have not already done that.
Please read this info on NC Medical Examiners....
The North Carolina Medical Examiner System is a network of over 600 medical doctors throughout North Carolina who voluntarily devote their time, energy, and medical expertise to see that deaths of a suspicious, unusual or unnatural nature are adequately investigated. At the county level, medical practitioners are appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner for three-year terms as county medical examiners. In counties where there are no physicians willing or able to serve, non-physicians may be appointed to serve as acting medical examiners. By law, medical examiners must be notified when a death occurs in their county that falls within the statutorily defined categories. The county medical examiners take charge of the body of the deceased and conduct such examination as is necessary to properly determine the cause and manner of death. These duties are all in addition to their normal roles as private practitioners. In evaluating a case, they must consult with law enforcement officers, relatives, and/or other individuals who may have knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the death. They conduct a physical examination of the body to detect or rule out signs of violence. On many occasions, they visit the place where the death occurred or where the body was found in order to gather more data. In some instances, in order to properly complete their investigation, they may decide that an autopsy is necessary. The law gives them the authority to order an autopsy should they deem it advisable. Such an autopsy is performed by a pathologist who has been designated by the Chief Medical Examiner as competent and capable of performing the examination. Most of these pathologists are in private practice, like the medical examiners, and participate on a voluntary basis. They report their findings to the county medical examiners, who must consider them when they render their opinion as to the cause and manner of death. Twenty-four pathology groups around the state perform such medicolegal autopsies in addition to the OCME and the Mecklenburg medical examinersÆ office.
An autopsy is not mandatory unless there are signs of foul play. After conducting the investigation and talking with his wife, somone somewhere deemed it non-suspicious. After that there is nothing else LE can do. In my opinion that might have been where things started to go wrong. I would find out who is the ME for the city of Durham and start there. If you have not already done that.
