There could be lots of reasons why a person of any age would be "handled" by the Medical Examiner's office. For example, she might have been the victim of a crime, abuse, negligence. I would definitely try to get an obituary lookup from a library in the jurisdiction where she lived at time of death. elizabethharen@aol.com wrote: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? ========================== Mary Thiele Fobian Genealogical & Historical Research Pacific Grove, California