The Irish coroner just announced Sinead O’Connor died of natural causes (COPD and asthma – smokers take note). Why did it take them so long to figure that out? Do autopsy results always take over a year? What’s the hold up?
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Not a coroner, but deal with people dying quite often. Most of the haste really goes away once a person dies. There often isnt a huge reason to work quickly after a person is dead. And once a person is dead, nearly anything of a small importance means the other stuff gets side-lined, and this can happen over and over again.
In the ICU we would get a lot of calls from family trying to square away estates. We would address them, but in no way would dealing with paperwork ever take priority over an actively sick patient.
Im sure something similar happens in coroner offices. I imagine there are cases sent there that are pretty low likelihood for actually being part of a crime (I dont know what gets sent to coroners’ offices around the world; not every case goes in NY). But if something reeks of foul play, then Im sure it gets bumped up in terms of importance, and whetever was up next gets pushed back, again and again.
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