Does anybody have any idea how and if I can get an autopsy report and a police report for somebody that committed suicide in the 1920's or 1930's? This happened in the City of Richmond. I have the exact date and street address for the individual written down somewhere. Thanks Janet Tennent Kensington, Md.

It depends on the state in which the death occurred; some states will allow you access, others will not. In most states, you may be able to gain that file if you are a descendant or immediate family (or if the officer of whom you make the request is in a good mood). If the case is yet "open", without a court order, the autopsy will not be open to you anywhere. Best course would be to go talk to the present coroner and tell him why you want the file. If he has no access, ask him who to talk to next; he may tell you to see the judge of the court that had jurisdiction when the event occurred. Original Message ----- From: "Janet Tennent" <jtennent@starpower.net> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: [VAROOTS] Autopsy and Police Report Question > Does anybody have any idea how and if I can get an autopsy report and a police report for somebody that committed suicide in the 1920's or 1930's? This happened in the City of Richmond. I have the exact date and street address for the individual written down somewhere. > Thanks Janet Tennent > Kensington, Md. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Janet Tennent wrote: > Does anybody have any idea how and if I can get an autopsy report and a police report for somebody that committed suicide in the 1920's or 1930's?� This happened in the City of Richmond.� I have the exact date and street address for the individual written down somewhere. > Thanks Janet Tennent > Kensington, Md. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 only the investigator or next of kin can get an autopsy report, anywhere,in all states. it is not free not even to the next of kin, you will need to prove you are next of kin. the investigator on the case would automatically have� been present at the autopsy, it is his or her job to over see the case in all aspects. to get the police report the same as above , the only way it becomes public record is if there was a court case involving the suicide victim. i know all of the above because i was a private investigator� plus i know from very personnal experience in 2 separate family cases. this includes all open and shut cases. your best bet is newspaper archives. � � -- dlmfox http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fox2/homepage.html �

Even from the 1929's? > only the investigator or next of kin can get an autopsy report, anywhere,in all states. >