Dr. Nancy Jones
Former Medical Examiner Grants Newspaper Interview In Wake Of Scandal
The former Cook County Medical Examiner is speaking out for the first time after being forced from office two months ago.
Report: Conditions At Cook County Morgue Left Preckwinkle ‘Jarred’
A published report says the findings of an audit of the Cook County morgue left Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle “jarred.”
Medical Examiner’s Office Suspends Autopsies For Some Deceased People
Due to staffing shortages, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office has announced that full autopsies will no longer be performed in certain cases in which drugs or alcohol might have led to a person’s death.
County Board Imposes New Restrictions On Medical Examiner
The Cook County Board on Monday imposed new rules and regulations on the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office to address the recent scandal in which bodies were found stacked in an overflowing cooler and otherwise mishandled.
County Board Delays Vote On Making It Easier To Fire Medical Examiner
The Cook County Board has decided to slow down on taking away Cook County Medical Examiner Nancy Jones’ job-for-life status over the scandal involving bodies stacked on top of one another at the morgue.
Preckwinkle Outlines Reforms At County Morgue
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today will outline proposals for big changes at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Preckwinkle Sends Staff To Fix Morgue Problems
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says there’s no question: If the county morgue had better management there wouldn’t be what sources say is a pileup of bodies there.
Bodies Doubled Up Again At Cook County Morgue
The Cook County Morgue is once again double-stacking bodies on trays in its cooler.
Medical Examiner: Deceased Patient Shouldn’t Have Had Morphine
A pathologist testified Thursday that the man who died under the care of the so called “death angel” at a Woodstock nursing home was intoxicated with a drug that he should have never received.
10 Months Later, Man’s Body Still Awaits Proper Burial
The body of William Berry, 54, has never even made it to the county cemetery, even though he died ten months ago.
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