Elizabeth: From a public health standpoint, MEs are brought into deaths when there is concern that a death at home is not natural and does not occur in a hospital due to natural causes. One might expect that a 92 yr old woman would die of a natural death, but that is not necessarily so. The body might have had broken bones, bruises or some injury (burns say caused by a fire for example) which might cast doubt as to a natural death (ie. old age which would be expected at the age of 92). The death would be investigated as to whether it was an unnatural death - ie. accidental, homicide, suicide. Of course, bruises or broken bones could be the sign of some forms of cancer or other diseases.... Mary Anne Original Message: ----------------- From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 11:03:12 -0400 To: [email protected] Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Need Advice - Mystery I received a list of internments from a grave in Calvary Cemetery. I found a woman buried in that grave, same surname, buried in 2002 at age 92. Here's where the mystery comes in: She died on April 1st but was buried on April 13th. I called the Funeral Home that handled the funeral and they tell me that the Public Administrator's office handled the burial. That the reason for the delay was that the body was sent to the Medical Examiner's office first. So...why would a 92 year old woman have to be handled by the ME's office and what am I going to find if I call the Public Administrator's Office? Any advice? Liz ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== Please visit the list websites: http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com http://www.inyc.freeservers.com They are works in progress. Thank you for your patience! ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .