Going on. 841-7 “The local agent of the department of health shall be notified in writing of the reason for the delay, if the cause of death cannot be determined within three days.”
I guess we need to request that document...
841-8 “(a) Every coroner, or deputy coroner, shall, without delay, forward to the county attorney in the case of coroners for the counties of Maui and Kauai, and the prosecuting attorney in the case of coroners for the city and county of Honolulu and the county of Hawaii, a true and correct copy of the inquisition. “
Wasn’t that the guy in Maui County who was in a fiery plane crash not too long ago, and managed to get a couple of his co-workers pulled out of the fire but suffered serious burns himself?
841-9: “Upon the application by other than governmental agencies for a certified copy of any coroner’s report and inquest, the coroner or deputy coroner shall collect the sum of $2 as a governmental realization for the preparation and issuance of the same. “
That doesn’t discriminate between who can and can’t receive a certified copy of a coroner’s report.
841-14.5: “An autopsy of a deceased person under this chapter shall be performed by an anatomic or forensic pathologist certified as such by the American Board of Pathology”
I wonder what the standards are for certified pathologists...
§841-14 Autopsies and further investigations. If, in the opinion of the coroner, or of the coroner’s physician, or of the prosecuting attorney, or of the chief of police (in the city and county of Honolulu), an autopsy of the remains of any human body appearing to have come to death under any of the circumstances set forth in section 841-3 is necessary in the interest of the public safety or welfare, that person shall cause to have performed, such an autopsy. If, in the opinion of the coroner’s physician, a further or additional investigation as to the cause of death is necessary, the coroner’s physician may conduct the same or have the same made, and the expenses thereof shall be paid by the county concerned, and for this purpose, the coroner’s physician shall have the duties and powers conferred upon the coroner or deputy coroner by sections 841-4 to 841-8.
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An “autopsy” apparently doesn’t have to include a forensic examination of the body. But if the coroner’s physician needs to do a forensic examination of the body in order to determine the cause of death, that examination is to be done.
Which makes the autopsy report especially suspicious. Is there anything in that report that even indicates that a forensic examination of a/the body was done?
§841-14 Autopsies and further investigations. If, in the opinion of the coroner, or of the coroner’s physician, or of the prosecuting attorney, or of the chief of police (in the city and county of Honolulu), an autopsy of the remains of any human body appearing to have come to death under any of the circumstances set forth in section 841-3 is necessary in the interest of the public safety or welfare, that person shall cause to have performed, such an autopsy. If, in the opinion of the coroner’s physician, a further or additional investigation as to the cause of death is necessary, the coroner’s physician may conduct the same or have the same made, and the expenses thereof shall be paid by the county concerned, and for this purpose, the coroner’s physician shall have the duties and powers conferred upon the coroner or deputy coroner by sections 841-4 to 841-8.
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An “autopsy” apparently doesn’t have to include a forensic examination of the body. But if the coroner’s physician needs to do a forensic examination of the body in order to determine the cause of death, that examination is to be done.
Which makes the autopsy report especially suspicious. Is there anything in that report that even indicates that a forensic examination of a/the body was done?