A Civil District Court judge has found Orleans Parish Coroner Dwight McKenna’s office liable for “outrageous and reckless” ...

Judge Marissa Hutabarat’s judgment Friday said the coroner’s office had no written procedures and no backup plan when the ...

Sidney Smith alleged that the coroner failed to identify his son Justin's body for nearly a month. Smith's son died in 2023.

It has been nearly eight weeks since a 3-year-old Conrad Ashcraft was found unresponsive at his Park Hills daycare.

Autopsy results, including the names of the victims, have become increasingly difficult to obtain from the Luzerne County ...

A trial over alleged negligence by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office ended Tuesday without a verdict after emotional testimony by Sidney Smith, who searched for his missing son for nearly a month ...

The coroner’s office’s primary responsibility is to conduct death investigations whenever the cause of death is initially unknown. This includes overdoses, vehicle crashes and homicides.