Orleans coroner employee caught on video mishandling body of homicide victim fired

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – An employee who was caught on video mishandling the body of a homicide victim has been fired, according to a statement from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office.

The victim has been identified as Michael Craig Hankins, 61.

The NOPD investigators say they are investigating Hankins’s death, which occurred near his Bywater home.

Officers say his body was discovered around 5:30 p.m. Thursday (March 24) in the 4200 of Royal Street…

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