How to Use medical examiner in a Sentence

medical examiner

noun
  • The medical examiner found the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head and hypothermia.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 22 July 2024
  • Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene and the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, police said at the time.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The medical examiner’s office had not yet ruled on a cause of death.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The medical examiner determined the manner of Olsen’s death to be a homicide, caused by a gunshot wound to the chest.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Back in 1982, the medical examiner was unable to narrow the time of death enough and, since then, other experts have agreed with her.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • There were signs the man drowned, according to a medical examiner who spoke with the outlet.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
  • The medical examiner will confirm the cause and manner of death.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The cause of death will be determined by the New York City medical examiner’s office.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The woman’s death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, from blunt force trauma to the head, officials said.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • One medical examiner's report said a man was trapped and killed when trying to get out of a window.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • His death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The cause of death was determined to be drowning, but a medical examiner said at the time said her body displayed signs of a struggle.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Her death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner.
    Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
  • His body was removed from the scene by the state medical examiner’s office.
    Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • This is the second time in three years the medical examiner's office has come under fire.
    Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.
    oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The boy, identified as Willie Moore by the medical examiner's office Tuesday, died at the scene.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
  • The charges were announced after the New York City medical examiner ruled that the children’s deaths were homicides.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Ducky, who served as the eccentric medical examiner, was a fixture on the series for two decades.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The medical examiner said the amount of ketamine found in his system was as high as 3,540 nanograms per milliliter.
    Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The chief medical examiner determined the cause of her death was a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death is considered a homicide, said police.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide due to sharp force injuries.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Burn's body was transferred to the state medical examiner.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The medical examiner said Montes was right-handed, police wrote in the affidavit, and that no gunshot residue was present on his hands.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Records from the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office cite McGowan’s cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The medical examiner ruled the woman’s death a homicide, deputies said.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
  • He was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The state medical examiner conducted an autopsy last week and found her manner and cause of death to be a homicide with a gunshot wound to the head.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The station also reported that the D.C. deputy chief medical examiner testified during an earlier hearing that Brown died of blunt force trauma to the head, which caused bleeding in his brain.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The center can also match families with a case manager to bring attention to their loved one who has gone missing and offers forensic services to law enforcement, medical examiners, and coroners.
    Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024

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