In some instances, a person may have specified his or her desire for an autopsy, perhaps in conversation or by signing a personal directive. Most states require permission from a doctor, next of kin ...

The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined the cause of death for actor Michelle Trachtenberg, who died in late February. She was 39. (Mark Mainz / Associated Press) ...

The Brown family's attorneys hosted a press conference Monday to discuss the latest preliminary autopsy findings for Michael Brown, alongside medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden and forensics ...

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) -- An autopsy performed on two people found dead in inside their Holland-area townhome confirmed that there were no obvious signs of foul play, police said. Teri Hills, 27, ...

COLUMBIA — The Boone County Medical Examiner's office performed an autopsy Tuesday on Gregory Holthaus, the man who died Sunday after being found unconscious in an MU residence hall. The MU Police ...

The autopsy done in Grand Forks turned up no signs of injury to the bodies of the couple found dead Monday morning, said Jim Tadman, chief deputy for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Crookston, on ...

SEATTLE -- How Travis Decker died will likely never be known, the Chelan County Coroner said Friday. DNA lab results on Thursday confirmed that Decker, accused of killing his three daughters outside ...

The decades-old murder case of Rhoda Nathan, who was brutally killed in a Blue Ash hotel room in 1994, has taken another ...

Aaron Carter was one of the biggest names in the early 2000s. The younger brother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter had his own music career and was a hit with the '00s tweens. Like many child stars, ...

Brooke Hogan has questions about the death of her father Hulk, and is willing to finance an autopsy to get to the bottom of them. Hogan had said Tuesday that she had concerns about her father’s death ...

Physicians and nurses need to understand the process and procedures of an autopsy to be able to answer patients' and family members' questions. A family confronted with a difficult decision, such as ...