When someone dies under circumstances considered suspicious, including as a result of a possible homicide, suicide or a car crash, an autopsy is conducted to learn more about the person's death. This ...

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Forensic pathologists can use autopsies to discern someone’s identity, determine the cause and manner of death, and estimate when death occurred. However, not all autopsies yield clear findings. Legal ...

When a loved one passes and the family suspects that the death was caused by someone’s carelessness, they generally have a lot on their minds. Beyond dealing with their grief and planning funeral ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Maybe you were one of the 11.7 million people who watched when, on House M.D., the genius diagnostician Gregory House is roused in the middle of the night by a pounding at the door. A man he just gave ...