[lsee]

The coroner may be able to determine whether or not the man died of other causes than drowning, but only an honest investigator can determine if the circumstances surrounding the death were indeed accidental. The guy got snuffed out and now all the evidence is likely gone. The coroner overstepped his bounds.

[B4Ranch]

Coroner Says Visiting Scientist Died in Accidental Fall off Bridge because the coroner doesn't want to fall off the bridge himself.