The Scarpetta House
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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Death Scene Investigation
In 20 13, a medical examiner failed to alert the authorities that he had discovered an elderly couple had been killed by carbon monoxide in their hotel room. A well functioning death investigation system is like a country's immune system. It's thei first alert of a new street drug or an emerging pandemic. Over 70 years ago, frances glesner lee, a wealthy socialite and grandmother in her fifties, began working on helping create and build the field of death investigation.
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