The state medical examiner's office cannot find a body that they autopsied last week. It's just the latest debacle at the office. A few months ago they had to stack unclaimed bodies in a refrigerated truck. Recently, the plumbing system clogged up and basic supplies such as body bags and toe tags were unavailable.
There's a turf war going on between the Medical Examiner and his boss. The boss claims there's plenty of money to get the job done. The Medical Examiner says he has not received the money in his budget, which has increased 38% in two years.
Update:
The body was found in a grave. Apparently, the wrong body was buried as the body one of the paupers was found at the State Medical Office.
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I particularly like the line ".........given that this body was in the same cooler as the bodies of unclaimed indigents awaiting burial in a pauper's grave . . .". I thought the "pauper's grave" went out with Charles Dickens.
Also, ".........By April 27, nearly a month after the two-week deadline, the office had released 88 bodies, including two that had been stored at the office since the mid-1990s......."
The mind boggles!
Is this the Mitt Romney presently standing for the presidency? If so, he has a excellent chance of winning.
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