Believe it or not, there are some misconceptions about what goes on inside a coroner’s office, Ada County Chief Deputy Coroner Brett Harding told the Idaho Statesman recently.
“I think people generally see the coroner’s office as a sort of halfway house for when someone dies in an accident, and we store the body until the funeral home can pick them up for final arrangements,” Harding said.
What people fail to realize, Harding said, is that the office is an investigative body that plays a role in uncovering the cause of unnatural deaths and also protecting the public…