Anytime someone dies who is not under the care of an M.D. an autopsy has to be performed to determine the cause of death. Ruth Cherecwich In a message dated 5/20/2005 8:43:48 AM Mountain Daylight Time, elizabethharen@aol.com writes: 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?