Allegheny County Medical Examiner
County agency investigating suspicious deaths and housing a forensic laboratory.
The Office of Allegheny County Medical Examiner investigates deaths from criminal violence, suicide, casualty, or suspicious circumstances within Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh. It houses the Forensic Laboratory Division with disciplines such as Drug Chemistry, Firearms/Toolmarks, and Toxicology. The office gained national prominence in the 1970s under Dr. Cyril Wecht for investigations into the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Quick Facts
- Incumbent
- Ariel Goldschmidt
- Appointer
- Allegheny County Executive
- First
- William McCallin
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More in Forensics Organizations
Abu Kabir Forensic InstituteAmerican Academy of Forensic SciencesAmerican Board of Forensic Document ExaminersAmerican Polygraph AssociationAmerican Psychology–Law SocietyAmerican Society of Forensic OdontologyAmerican Society of Questioned Document ExaminersAssociation of Firearm and Tool Mark ExaminersCanadian Society of Forensic ScienceCentre of Forensic Sciences (Ontario)Chartered Society of Forensic SciencesCoroner of New York City
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