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On Thursday, officials with the medical examiner's office identified the children as Odin Painter, 8; his sister, Caydence, 6; and Drake Painter, 4.
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The medical examiner's office is still analyzing other remains.
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The Harris County medical examiner's office has released autopsy reports offering more details in the shooting of two divorcing men who died in a murder-suicide last Thursday.
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The Connecticut medical examiner's office reports the elderly husband and wife both had heart disease, and Maureen also had diabetes.
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The medical examiner's office did not immediately return a phone message from the Observer on Monday requesting the cause and manner of Brooks' death.
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An employee from the medical examiner's office found an unidentified bone during Saturday's search.
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The death is currently under investigation by the sheriff's department and the county medical examiner's office.
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The medical examiner's office has custody of the body and an autopsy has been scheduled, according to the sheriff's office.
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First Known Use of medical examiner
1877
MEDICAL EXAMINER Defined for English Language Learners
medical examiner
Definition of medical examiner for English Language Learners
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: a public official who examines the bodies of dead people to find the cause of death
Medical Dictionary
medical examiner
medical Definition of medical examiner
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: a usually appointed public officer with duties similar to those of a coroner but who is required to have specific medical training (as in pathology) and is qualified to conduct medical examinations and autopsies
2
: a physician employed to make medical examinations (as of applicants for military service or of claimants of workers' compensation)
3
: a physician appointed to examine and license candidates for the practice of medicine in a political jurisdiction (as a state)
Law Dictionary
medical examiner
noun
med·i·cal examiner
legal Definition of medical examiner
: a public officer who determines the necessity of and conducts autopsies
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